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Is President Trump playing politics in supporting Colin Kaepernick's return to NFL? Depends on your point of view

President Trump has endorsed Colin Kaepernick’s return to the NFL. Yes, you read that right.

Nearly three years after Trump used Kaepernick’s protests during the national anthem as dry tinder to fire up his base, the president said on Wednesday that he “absolutely” believes Kaepernick deserves another chance in the NFL.

“I would love to see him get another shot,” Trump said, in response to a question about Kaepernick from Sinclair’s Scott Thuman. “Obviously he has to play well. If he can’t play well, I think it would be very unfair.”

And thus we enter yet another Rorschach moment for this president.