Trump of Two Minds on Cowboys' Anthem Move

New day, same tune: President Trump on Tuesday morning ushered in a fifth day of tweeting against NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem, after having tackled the same topic Monday evening. In those tweets, he referred to a "tremendous backlash" against the league, its players, and their "disrespect," and also called out CNN, which he said reported that Chief of Staff John Kelly disagreed with his stance; not so, per Trump. On Tuesday morning, ratings and the Dallas Cowboys—who, as a team on Monday, knelt before the anthem but stood with arms linked for it—were top of mind. His three tweets:

• "Ratings for NFL football are way down except before game starts, when people tune in to see whether or not our country will be disrespected!" (here)
• "The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the entire Dallas team dropped to its knees, was loudest I have ever heard. Great anger" (here)
• "..But while Dallas dropped to it knees as a team, they ALL stood up for our National Anthem. Big progress being made - we love our country!" (here)