Trump tells 3000 in Reno NFL has gone ‘soft’ like the US

Perhaps the presidential hopeful’s about turn shouldn’t come as such a surprise, considering that hats with clear “Made in China” labels were being sold at at a Trump rally in Reno Sunday. “Their wives are sitting at home – ‘That’s my husband!'” Trump said, launching into a split-second impression of the wives of National Football League referees. Trump added that the rise in penalties for head-on-head collisions doesn’t compare with the game when players such as Dick Butkus, Lawrence Taylor and Ray Nitschke regularly delivered such tackles.

The billionaire real estate magnate says a violent hit that used to be considered a great tackle by the likes of Hall of Famer Dick Butkus now draws a 15-yard penalty for head-to-head contact. “The whole game is screwed up”, Trump said to the crowd. The outcome of games has been changed by what used to be phenomenal, phenomenal stuff.

You’ll have to forgive Trump, as he may not have watched Saturday’s Bengals-Steelers game as Giovanni Bernard lay motionless after a helmet-to-helmet hit from Ryan Shazier. “Now these are rough guys, these are rough guys”.

It’s usually been random, due to Joe Flacco-eliteness at debates or because he’s buddies with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady or because he can get the Jets into the playoffs. These guys – what they’re doing is incredible, but I looked at it and I watched yesterday in particular. “That’s – the game is over.’ You can’t kick a field goal any more”.

“We’re going to make our military so strong, so powerful, so big, nobody’s going to mess with us”, says Trump. “He’s a great guy”.