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The Problem With Donald Trump's Insults About the NBA

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Donald Trump went on Fox Sports Radio on Tuesday and did Donald Trump things. He stumbled through an answer about China–Hong Kong relations, told a few of the usual lies and spent a sizable chunk of the 20-minute interview congratulating himself for things he hasn’t really accomplished.

And then he went after the NBA.

“Basketball is not working,” Trump said, “because of the way they treated our flag and our anthem.”

This was inevitable, wasn’t it? The waters were stirred last week when Trump called athletes kneeling for the anthem “disgraceful,” claiming he turned off his television when he saw NBA players take a knee.