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Donald Trump Says He Thinks NFL Owners Are Afraid of Their Players

President Donald Trump continued to sound off Thursday regarding NFL players protesting during the national anthem.

During an interview with Pete Hegseth on Fox & Friends (h/t FoxNews.com), Trump said he believes fear is a contributing factor to the NFL and its owners not taking issue with the demonstrations: "The NFL is in a box, and they have to do something about it. I think they're afraid of their players, if you want to know the truth."

Trump has been highly critical of the protests over the past week, and he addressed them recently at a rally in Alabama, saying: "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---h off the field right now?