New York Daily News

USFL fail

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Donald Trump first feuded with the NFL over three decades ago and time has not healed all wounds. Now it looks like he’s using his unexpected power of the presidency to attempt to bully the NFL and its players and finally get even.

That’s one way to interpret Trump’s relentless attacks on the NFL regarding the national anthem that have somehow accomplish­ed the impossible: He has unified the players with the owners to fight together.

After Trump’s inflammato­ry “son of a bitch” remark in Alabama last Friday, about 250 players kneeled for the anthem while just about every player locked arms and three teams remained in the locker room. The league is 70% black.

“I have so many friends that are owners,” Trump said Thursday on “Fox and Friends.” “And they’re in a box. I mean I’ve spoken to a couple of them. They say, ‘we are in a situation where we have to do something.’ I think they’re afraid of their players, if you want to

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