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Trump says LeBron James disrespected US during national anthem
Trump said James should apologize after a video showed him moving during the national anthem before the 76ers beat the Knicks 106-100.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump attacked LeBron James on Truth Social after a video surfaced showing the NBA star practicing his golf swing during the national anthem at Tuesday's Sixers game.
- The feud spans back to 2016 when James endorsed Hillary Clinton, with the pair trading public barbs in 2018 after Trump pre-emptively banned NBA teams from the White House.
- Writing on Truth Social, Trump called James a "TOTAL DISGRACE" and demanded he "apologize to all of those Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag."
- The incident occurred before the Sixers' season-opening game against the New York Knicks on Tuesday, where James debuted for Philadelphia in a 106-100 victory amid testy fan exchanges.
- This public spat escalates Trump's 2018 decision to ban the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors from the White House, reflecting an ongoing pattern of conflict between the President and James.
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US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized NBA superstar LeBron James for his behavior during the national anthem. The 41-year-old basketball player is a "total shame," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
·Vienna, Austria
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = On the 22nd (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump [discussed] the NBA Super... with whom he has a long-standing feud.
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Instead of standing still, LeBron James does dry exercises during the US national anthem. Donald Trump doesn't do that well. The president attacks the NBA superstar sharply – and demands an apology.
·Berlin, Germany
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