On Friday, President Donald Trump took to his Twitter handle, @realDonaldTrump, to ask what Nike was thinking when it put out its new advertising material headlined by athlete, Colin Kaepernick.
Kaepernick, who is a free agent National Football League player in the US, first started kneeling on the pitch when the American national anthem was being played as a way to protest the killings of Blacks.
He has been heavily criticised by Trump, who also called on the league to sanction players, who take such a stance.
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In reaction to the latest Nike Ad involving Kaepernick, the president wondered what the sportswear producer was thinking and his followers have some answers for him.
See tweets:
1. They believe in personal freedom.
2. They believe black lives matter.
3. They want to increase their sales 31 percent.
4. They want us to see how racists burn shoes as fast as crosses.
5. They know you’re always on the wrong side of history and humanity.#YouLoseAgainDonnie— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) September 8, 2018
Perhaps u should check out how Nike is doing? Their sales since this past Sunday have surged 31%. Then check out the Redneck in Oklahoma home that got arrested. He set his Nikes on fire and burnt his house to the ground. You can’t make this shit up #uneducated
— Dreams Into Reality (@RealityInto) September 7, 2018
Zero. Easy to search that..
— J_David (@Up_Down_Side_) September 7, 2018
Mr Trump
As we now heard from YOUR White House staff – all REPUBLICANS that YOU hired – that your mind only understands at level of 5th grader, I’ll keep it simpleNike thought when you see racism & brutality, you fight it. And someone protesting racism is a hero
Have a nice day— Tomi Ahonen (@tomiahonen) September 7, 2018
This ok? pic.twitter.com/nS5X6mJw9r
— JAM (@fishon914) September 8, 2018
The question is.. what are American citizens thinking? Most seem embarrassed by you… and you use the Nike advert to smoke screen the issues of mass shootings in schools.. but u can’t upset the gun association can you? #corrupttrump #NikeKaepernick
— Mike…nffc (@nffcalways1) September 8, 2018
Nike hires only the BEST people. Just did it again
— Vince Cheng (@CheeseheadHKG) September 8, 2018
Well Donnie, they have a great Marketing Department and they do “research”and actually look at overall outcomes of what past PR has done for them. “They Study”, and They have never gone bankrupt. I think you should take a lesson from them.
— Alpacasue (@alpacasue) September 8, 2018
Wrong question….statement should be that Nike was THINKING…as in, they made a thoughtful decision to do the right thing…you and your administration should try this #Nike #Kapernick #BlackLivesMatter
— Deborah Blois (@DebBlois) September 8, 2018
@Nike was thinking that people who kneel are patriotic and using their first amendment rights!!! Those patriots are kneeling to bring attention to a wrong in our country. And Colin was willing to sacrifice everything!!!!
— Lowanda Kail (@Demgirl50) September 8, 2018