{"id":24911,"date":"2017-09-23T22:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T22:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=24911"},"modified":"2017-09-23T22:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T22:56:57","slug":"trump-pulls-wh-invitation-for-nba-champs-huh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=24911","title":{"rendered":"Trump pulls WH invitation for NBA champs? Huh?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’ve been wracking my brain trying to remember the last time this has happened.<\/p>\n

A president of the United States withdraws an invitation to the White House to greet a professional sports team that has won a national championship.<\/p>\n

Trump pulls invitation<\/a><\/p>\n

That happened this week when Donald Trump told the NBA’s Golden State Warriors they aren’t welcome at the White House, where they were supposed to be feted by the president for winning the NBA title earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

Trump posted this tweet:\u00a0\u201cGoing to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

What? Huh?<\/p>\n

At least two of the Warriors’ top stars — Steph Curry and Kevin Durant — had said they wouldn’t attend the ceremony apparently because they oppose the president’s policies. The president reacted by yanking the invitation.<\/p>\n

So, there won’t be the obligatory photo op with the president and the NBA champs, something that has occurred since, oh, I cannot remember how long.<\/p>\n

What in the world is going on here?<\/p>\n

Didn’t some of the NFL’s New England Patriots say they opposed President Obama’s policies and, thus, wouldn’t attend a similar ceremony for the Super Bowl champs? And, hey, wasn’t all-universe quarterback Tom Brady one of them? Did the president cancel the event? No. He welcomed those team members who came, had some laughs, took a few pictures and that was that.<\/p>\n

My head is still spinning over this latest kerfuffle.<\/p>\n

I am trying to figure out the root of all this.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump is finding out under the most curious of circumstances that he is as polarizing a public figure as anyone who’s ever occupied the White House.<\/p>\n

He announced earlier this year he and the first lady wouldn’t attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremony. Why? Because some of the entertainment honorees said they cannot support the president.<\/p>\n

Now this.<\/p>\n

Is this the national unity<\/em> that the president promised he’d deliver?<\/p>\n\n

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