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NBA star Lebron James (left) and US President Donald Trump. FOUNDATION OF APPLICATION

WASHINGTON, USA – LeBron James on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of stepping up racial divisions in the United States

"I believe our President is trying to divide us," James, who is He also used the sport to … divide us and that's something I can not identify, because I know that the sport was the first time I was close to someone else. 39; a. White. Trump repeatedly criticized National Football League players who knelt during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, a protest started by San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick 49ers in 2016.

James, 33, has already expressed his solidarity with kneeling players and voiced earlier criticisms of Trump.

He told his CNN interviewer that he could not sit down and say nothing about Trump's attempts at discord James, ranked seventh in the National Basketball Association in his career, will play with the Los Angeles Lakers next season after leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers. [19659003] But he remains attached to Ohio, where a primary school for at-risk youth opened Monday in his home town of Akron, through his LeBron James Family Foundation.

] James, dressed in a gray suit and a button-down shirt, said that even the most successful African-Americans face discrimination "They'll always let you know you're the n-word, no matter who you are" , he said.

"I think he's always been there, but I think the current president has given people – they do not care now, they throw it in your face."

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