Kim Is Right. Trump Is Barking Mad.

He can't help himself. His mental infirmity prevents Trump from ever letting go, even when he's losing.

This is Day Three of the man/baby's juvenile attack on America's National Football League and all he seems to have achieved is to debase his presidency, yet again, and to coalesce NFL players' and team owners' opposition to Trump's rants.

Now Trump has upped the ante, calling for his mouth-breathing, knuckle dragging base to boycott America's hands-down favourite sport.

More than 100 players across the country on Sunday knelt during the national anthem or remained sitting in their locker rooms in protest. Most teams in the early afternoon games locked arms in solidarity, with at least three team owners joining their players.

"If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast," Trump wrote. "Fire or suspend!"

But the Presidential intervention seemed only to spark more defiance among players and coaches, with his remarks backfiring.

The Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars set the agenda, either standing with their arms locked in solidarity or taking a knee on the field as the dispute crossed the Atlantic to London's Wembley Stadium.

Trump seems to have created a lightning rod of growing opposition. Even Stevie Wonder took a knee, two in fact, as he opened the Global Citizen Festival in New York last night.

 

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One by one, at grounds across America, other players followed suit as the day wore on.

The entire Pittsburgh Steelers team remained in the locker room as the national anthem played before their game with the Chicago Bears. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stood by himself on the sideline.

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Trump's war against the NFL has reverberated across other sports, including baseball and basketball.

The President's latest NFL crusade appears to have been triggered by Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, who had indicated that he would not go to the White House if invited. Trump pre-emptively uninvited the team in a tweet on Saturday morning.

Other players including Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant have criticised Trump. And Saturday, Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first MLB player to kneel during the national anthem.