Megan Rapinoe tells President Trump to do better & # 39; in an interview with CNN

A day before a parade of stripes that will take place in Manhattan, Canyon of Heroes, World Cup champion and captain of the United States National Football Team, Megan Rapinoe, participated in the media car wash on Tuesday .

The Rapinoe interviews covered a number of topics, from equal pay for the players with the cultural impact of winning the World Cup and, of course, President Donald Trump.

During the World Cup, Trump – who is apparently unable to find a subject that he does not want to politicize – created a fiery storm in the international media when he disputed a multi-month-old video showing Rapinoe saying that she would not go to the White House. .

So, the same day, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Rapinoe had accepted USWNT's invitation to celebrate his World Cup victory with a visit to Congress. The captain of the team also confirmed that no invitation to visit the White House had yet taken place. .

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We already know that Rapinoe is having trouble accepting Trump's invitations to the White House. But what about his teammates?

"I would not go and all the teammates I spoke to explicitly would not," said Rapinoe in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

"I do not think team members have an interest in lending the platform we've worked so hard on, the goals we're fighting for and the way we live our lives. do not think we want this administration to be co-opted or corrupt, "said Rapinoe. "I think it's an opportunity for this administration to show us somehow as their guest of the day, and I think that makes no sense to us.

"I can not imagine one of my teammates wanting to be put in this position.There are so many other people I would prefer to talk to and have constructive conversations that could really affect change in Washington." rather than going to the White House. "

Rapinoe was then invited to present a direct message to Trump.

"Your message excludes people, you exclude me.You exclude people who are like me.You exclude people of color.You exclude.The Americans who support you maybe.I think we must have We must hold account of the message you have and what you are saying to make America even better.I think you are going back to a time that was not great for everyone.

"As the leader of this country, you have an incredible responsibility to care for every person, and you have to do better for everyone."