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Trump Calls For No-Kneel NFL Rule, Tweets Help Is 'On Way' To Puerto Rico

President Trump and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy participate in a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
President Trump and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy participate in a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

In tweets this morning, President Trump said the NFL should have a rule banning kneeling during the national anthem. And he tweeted that help is on the way to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

NPR’s Tamara Keith (@tamarakeithNPR) joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss the politics of NFL protest and hurricane recovery.

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