Suggests NFL players who kneel "maybe shouldn't be in the country"

Responding to the NFL's new policy fining teams if players knelt during the anthem, Trump praised the rule but said it didn't go far enough. He told Fox & Friends that players who don't stand "proudly" for the anthem "maybe shouldn't be in the country," escalating his attacks on black athletes exercising free speech.

"You have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn't be playing. You shouldn't be there. Maybe you shouldn't be in the country." — Fox & Friends interview, May 24, 2018