The topic was whether to resume playing college football amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Fox Sports Radio program was in full swing. And President Trump called in live on the air Tuesday, offering some opinions.
Colleges are “making a tragic mistake” if they cancel their seasons, he told host Clay Travis, who gained prominence three years ago for citing his allegiance to “the First Amendment and boobs” on CNN.
After all, Trump continued, the players are “so powerful and so strong and not lots of body fat . . . maybe none, in some cases” — so they are at less risk of getting sick. “It just attacks old people,” he declared, though a study released this week found 97,000 children in the country tested positive for the virus in the last two weeks of July, a 40 percent increase. Continue reading.