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Donald Trump Says Drew Brees Will 'Regret' Changing Stance on Anthem Protests

President Donald Trump says New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will regret apologizing for his criticism of protests against social injustice during the national anthem.

"I've never seen anything like it, and I think he hurt himself badly," Trump told his son Donald Trump Jr. on a special on his YouTube channel (3:39 mark). "I was going to put out that he'll regret that in the future years because you stand for the flag. You have to stand for the flag and the anthem, our national anthem. You have to stand. And I think the NFL's gonna have a lot of problems if they don't.