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Donald Trump calls for NFL to set a rule forbidding players from kneeling during national anthem

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is up and tweeting, and his target is the NFL.

Continuing his offensive against NFL players who refuse to stand for the national anthem, Trump called for the league to "set a rule that you can't kneel during our National Anthem!"

Trump says "ratings for NFL football are way down except before game starts when people tune in to see whether or not our country will be disrespected."

He also says that booing at the Dallas game Monday night when the team dropped to its knees was the "loudest I have ever heard.