Based
on comments about the tweet it seems that some people did not appreciate the
president’s tweet. In fact, Trump’s twitter posts about both the NFL players
who protest the national anthem and the NBA player Stephen Curry were denounced
by many including the NFL itself. Some
feel the players are just practicing their 1st amendment right of
freedom of speech, and others feel he should be more worried about nuclear war,
disaster struck areas, and other more prominent issues going on in our world.
However, others seemed to agree with trump saying that it is disrespecting
those who fought for and even died for our country to not stand for the flag.
I
don’t think it was wrong of Trump to take a stand and acknowledge that it is
disrespectful. However, I do think he was very unprofessional about the way he
did it and even caused some people to misunderstand his intentions. His comment
seems rude and extreme. Those who kneel for the national anthem should be
fired? What about educated? Maybe they do not fully understand what
implications that accompany kneeling for the flag. The truth is that the filed
is not the place to bring up politics. In any job you do not really have
freedom of speech there is still a time and a place for certain things. Off the
field any player has the right to say anything about politics he would like to.
That being said I believe if the president had come out with a more
professional written statement about the issue it likely would be more
understood and more widely accepted. Twitter was not the right place nor the
correct approach to deal with an issue like this. Using harsh language and disrespect is not the
way the leader and president of the United States should act toward his
followers.
When the president heard that the warriors were
discussing whether or not to go to the white house he tweeted, "Going to the White House is
considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore
invitation is withdrawn!” This is immature of our president to un-invite
the warriors to the white House. Instead he should make it clear he would be
honored to have them come and is looking forward to it when he hears they are thinking
about declining rather than uninviting on grounds that they were considering
not going. Doing something like that on social media for the world to see
makes the president seem unprofessional.
As
a businessman it is surprising that Trump would approach something like this in
that manner. He should be more diplomatic in the way he handles things. The
president should treat everyone with respect regardless if they treat him the
same because in the long run it would be better for him, and others would begin
to treat him with more respect too. If the president continues to bring up
issues in a harsh manner via twitter or other social media platforms I think
people will begin to question his professional character. People could possibly
begin losing respect for him as Americas’ leader if he continues to lash out
via twitter.
