'Won't watch anymore': Donald Trump warns NFL and US Soccer if players kneel during anthem

The NFL has allowed their players to protest during the anthem regretting that they were "wrong for not listening" to players earlier.

President Trump has said that he will not watch the NFL and the United States national soccer team if their players take a knee during the national anthem.

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In 2017, a rule was enacted that required players to stand during the anthem and the American Soccer Federation repealed against it last week.

The US soccer announced on Wednesday, they said: "It has become clear that this policy was wrong and detracted from the important message of Black Lives Matter."

“I won’t be watching much anymore!” Trump wrote on Twitter, linking to a Gaetz interview with a Pensacola, Fla., television station.

In a tweet, Gaetz of Florida said he’s “rather the US not have a soccer team than have a soccer team that won’t stand for the National Anthem.”

Protests broke out after George Floyd's death giving momentum to the Black Lives Matter movement. Many football clubs and players have been seen taking the knee against police injustice and racial inequality.

Floyd died in Minneapolis after having a knee pressed into his neck for around nine minutes while being in police custody last month.

“You shouldn’t get to play under our flag as our national team if you won’t stand when it is raised,” he added.