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Trump: NFL Dispute Didn't Distract From Puerto Rico
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President Donald Trump defended his attacks on football players who have knelt during the national anthem and said his dispute with the NFL didn’t distract him from responding to hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.
“I wasn’t preoccupied with the NFL,” Trump said during a joint news conference Tuesday at the White House with Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. “The NFL situation is a very important situation. I have plenty of time on my hands. All I do is work. And to be honest that’s a very important function of working. It’s called respect for our country.”