Trump vs Sports

It is customary in America for the president to invite sports champions to the White House.

Steph Curry, for all you non-Americans, is the best player on the NBA champion Golden State Warriors. He expressed reservations about attending the scheduled White House event.

So Trump basically said 'screw you' and revoked the invitation.

Other NBA players are chiming in on this, most notably Lebron James, one of the best players ever to play the game. Said Lebron, 'Going to the White House was a great honor until you showed up!'

As he attacks the media, so Trump attacks sports. We support him. What, he's supposed to smile like an idiot while he dines with people who insult him?

This is culture war, people, and Trump is winning it.

We think this Yahoo Sports columnist has things about right:

He was Donny from Queens dialing into WFAN. First time, long time.
Stick to … politics? 

Whatever, sports is intertwined in American society, and Trump has found some low-hanging fruit here for his base to gulp down. And when it finds something it likes to chomp on, he’ll keep feeding it and feeding it. 

Protesters. Supposedly ungrateful millionaires. Wimpy regulations. Nostalgia.

Let's remember something. Donald Trump understands television. Anyone who ever watched The Apprentice  knows this.

Today more players will no doubt kneel for the National Anthem.

This is exactly what Trump wants.