about 8 minutes. trump gave a short speech where he talked about the unemployment rate and state o the economy. despite preaching patriotism, the president appeared to not know all of the words to god bless america. they learned he didn t want the optics. yesterday, they said the event was cancelled because only a smaller group of players would attend, a deal couldn t be struck to reschedule. that s different from the exclamation monday that it was because they, quote, disagree with their president, because he insists they proudly stand for the national anthem. no eagles players took a knee during the anthem last year, we should note. this isn t about national anthem, it is about players coming. certainly the president has been very clear what his position is in regards to the national anthem. the eagles were the o tha