The comment is in sharp contrast to the president's statements in 2017. When he said that players, like Kaepernick kneeled while the national anthem was playing before the matches in protest against police violence against blacks, were "damn idiots" who should be suspended from the league.

- If he deserves it (new chance) then he should get it, Trump answers the question of whether Kaepernick should play in the NFL again.

More and more support the protests against racism in the United States, and the American Football League NFL has abolished the ban for players to kneel during the national anthem.

Trump previously opposed

Just three weeks ago, Trump resumed his knee-jerk debate again when he wrote on Twitter that players should stand when the national anthem is played. "There are other ways to protest, but not against our amazing American flag - NO KNEE!", He wrote. And as of last weekend, Trump wrote that he would turn off the TV if NFL players kneeled.

Last week, the NFL apologized to kneeling players for apologizing for not being listened to and at the same time calling for peaceful protests in favor of the Black Lives Matter movement.

And NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said as of late today that he wants to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL.

The next NFL season is scheduled to start in September.

CLIP: Kaepernick and the national anthem - what was it about? (17/11 2019)

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