Trump: NFL should have suspended Colin Kaepernick for kneeling

President Donald Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity Wednesday that the NFL should have suspended quarterback Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

"The NFL should have suspended him for one game and he would have never done it again," Trump told host Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pa. "They could have then suspended him for two games and they could have suspended him again if he did it a third time, for the season, and you would never have had a problem."

Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem last season as part of a protest against police brutality while a member of the San Francisco 49ers. Kaepernick has since become a free agent and has been unable to get a job with another NFL team.
On Tuesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter to team owners that he believed players should stand for the national anthem, adding that the league would consider a rule change requiring players to stand.
"I will tell you," Trump told Hannity, "you cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem, you cannot do that."
Trump also criticized the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, calling it "one of the most incompetently drawn deals I've ever seen."
"They got a path to nuclear weapons very quickly and ... $1.7 billion in cash," Trump said. "You know how many airplane loads that must be? Did you ever see a million dollars, like a promotion, where they have a million dollars in $100 bills? It's a lot ... So, this is the worst deal. We got nothing."
The president reportedly will declare Iran to be not in compliance with the nuclear agreement in a major policy address later this week.
Trump also lashed out at the ongoing investigation over Russian actions during last year's presidential election, calling it "an excuse used by the Democrats when they lost the election."
"They sat in a room and they said, 'Wow, we look bad.' The morning after, in fact it's been written about in various books, or a book, but they said, 'Why did you lose the election?'" the president said. "And they said, 'Ah, it was Russia! Russia!' It wasn't Russia, it was a bad candidate."