The White House legislative affairs director has insisted President Donald Trump does not see the issue of NFL players kneeling to protest police brutality towards African Americans “through a racial lens.”

Following an outpouring of rage from the president this weekend, which saw the Republican lash out at players who kneeled during the national anthem and rescind an invitation to the White House for an NBA player, Marc Short insisted Trump was not exacerbating racial tensions.

Speaking in an interview with Fox News Sunday, Short was asked whether or not Trump was once again on shaky ground over race, following the backlash against his comments over the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville in which the president appeared to blame “both sides” for what happened.

President Donald Trump speaks to crowd of supporters at the Phoenix Convention Center during a rally on August 22, in Arizona. Ralph Freso/Getty Images

“I don’t think he’s re-opening racial wounds, Chris,” Short told Fox News host Chris Wallace.

“They have a First Amendment right to do that, but NFL has a right to fire those players,” he added, underlining Trump’s comments made on Friday at a rally in Alabama.

"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b***h off the field right now. He’s fired. He’s fired,'” Trump said, a day before he rescinded a White House invitation to NBA star Stephen Curry in a tweet Saturday, after the player suggested he was not sure he would attend.
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