Month: August 2017

Boxing legend George Foreman ripped national anthem-protesting quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant, who said he would turn down an invitation to visit President Donald Trump, for their lack of patriotism. In an interview with Offended America, Foreman said young athletes now seek attention, so they speak up about politics. [Interview starts around the 22:04 mark] “[Kevin Durant and Colin Kaepernick] haven’t been brought up with people who were patriotic,” said Foreman. “A lot of us died in war so that they can have that privilege,” he added. Foreman also said the “greatest day” of his life was when he represented the United States in the Olympics and was able to wear the country’s flag to proudly show where he was from. (h/t Medium) Follow Trent Baker on Twitter @MagnifiTrent

In Donald Trump’s old gambling houses, no player doubled down on a six. In Donald Trump’s White House, the president looks to double down on his soft hand in Afghanistan.

Monday night on “CNN Tonight,” while analyzing President Donald Trump‘s new Afghanistan strategy calling for a troop increase, network host Fareed Zakaria asked where was Steve Bannon “when you need him?” Partial transcript as follows: LEMON: You think his approach was right? You think it’s the only viable approach? ZAKARIA: No, I think this was a moment––this was a real lost opportunity. I actually feel like, where is Steve Bannon when you need him? This was an opportunity to really have a re-think, to sit back and ask fundamentally, what can we do? Wes Clark I think was closest to the truth when he said the fundamental challenge is actually diplomatic. In any one of these wars when you’re the country that’s 8,000 miles away, the locals know one day you’re going to go home. So the question is, how do you construct some kind of political settlement that will last when you leave? And that means getting the Pakistanis involved; the Indians involved but also the Russians, also the Iranians who we don’t talk to. Unless they’re all buying in—right now you have a situation where none of them are buying into the U.S. war—they’re all undermining it in various ways,

Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough said on Monday that legacy media reporters who have tried to delegitimize President Donald Trump since the day he was elected will be remembered as “heroes” of the Trump era.

Graham predicted that Trump’s proposal will receive a lot of bipartisan support in Congress. “I’m proud,” he said. “I’m relieved. I’m proud of the fact that President Trump made a national security decision, not a political decision.”