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He didn’t take a knee, but in the eyes his detractors, he might as well have.
Yes, President Donald Trump, oft-critical of those who don’t “stand proudly” for the “Star Spangled Banner,” didn’t appear to be standing too proudly at his own Super Bowl party on Sunday night.
In a video posted by the Miami Herald, Trump is shown waving his hands as if conducting the music, adjusting his chair, looking around, greeting guests — all while those around him, including his wife, Melania, stand with their hands over their hearts.
Here’s the footage:
The Herald pulled the video from an Instagram story posted by a real estate agent for a Russian-American firm that frequents Mar-a-Lago.The White House and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comments from the paper, which sent along copies of the video.
But the president has made his stance clear before, telling Fox & Friends in 2018 that “You have to stand, proudly, for the national anthem or you shouldn’t be playing. You shouldn’t be there. Maybe you shouldn’t be in the country.”
And, of course, his supporters have long held the same attitude. In fact, Fox Nation’s Tomi Lahren called out a famous couple opting to sit during the very same national anthem over the weekend:
