The legend of LeBron James attacks Trump: Our president tries to divide us (video)

The Legend of American Tennis and NBA Lakers, LeBron James, President Donald Trump for what he called "the use of sport to divide" citizens by race.

James said in an interview with CNN: "The United States is now going through a very difficult situation, Our President is trying to divide us, which I have noticed in recent is that he resorts to sport to disperse us, which is incomprehensible "

James, in response to Trump's criticism of a group of African-American players in the National Football League, came after that they fell to their knees playing the American national anthem.

LeBron James on Trump

"He guesses us, and what I've noticed in recent months, it's that he's used a little sport to divide us" pic.twitter.com/IALHYLRLZa

– PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) [31] The US President did not stop there, but called on the team owners to punish these players for disrespecting the national anthem.

The 33-year-old man explained that he was present alongside a white player

He added, "I can not stay silent."

The player, who recently opened a public school for low-income children in his hometown of Akron, Ohio), that he "sits" not at all with Trump , as he did with former President Barack Obama.

James, who won the NBA three times in 2012, 13 and 16, The highest income in the United States