Donald Trump has continued to slam the NFL’s kickoff changes while impatiently waiting to watch himself on 60 Minutes.
Trump has been interviewed by 60 Minutes for the first time in five years after successfully suing CBS for $16 million over an interview with Kamala Harris he claimed included “deceptive doctoring.”
The president spoke to 60 Minutes reporter Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an exclusive interview that aired on Sunday just after 7:30 p.m. ET.
However a grumpy Trump let loose on Truth Social during the countdown to the interview.
He first posted “I will be interviewed on 60 Minutes right after the Kansas City / Buffalo NFL Football Game. Hopefully they will treat me as well as they did Kamala. Enjoy!”
As part of his legal settlement with CBS, 60 Minutes agreed to “release transcripts of interviews with eligible U.S. presidential candidates after such interviews have aired, subject to redactions as required for legal or national security concerns.”
While watching the game, the 79-year-old reverted to his beloved all caps rage mode.
“I HATE WATCHING THE NFL’S NEW KICK OFF RULE. IT’S RIDICULOUS — TAKES THE PAGEANTRY AND GLAMOUR AWAY FROM THE GAME, AND DOES NOTHING FOR SAFETY," he ranted.
Trump said the NFL should change the back to “what it used to be.”
“HOPEFULLY COLLEGE FOOTBALL WILL NEVER MAKE THIS RIDICULOUS CHANGE! IN THE MEANTIME, I’M GETTING READY TO WATCH PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP (ME!) ON 60 MINUTES.”
Trump has previously slammed the NFL’s kick off changes, which were instated last year and tweaked before the current season.
The changes were made to increase the amount of kickoff returns and minimize the chance of dangerous collisions between players.
Trump also took a shot at the kickoff rules after slamming the NFL’s choice of Super Bowl halftime show performer Bad Bunny as “absolutely ridiculous.”
“Where the ball is kicked and the ball is floating in the air and everyone’s standing there watching it. It’s ridiculous,” Trump said in October, talking on Newsmax’s Greg Kelly Reports.
“It’s not any safer than the regular kickoff. I think it, it looks, it just looks terrible. I think it really demeans football, to be honest with you. It’s a great game, but it demeans football.”
The president also labelled the NFL’s changes as creating “sissy football” in a Truth Social post from September.
“How can they make such a big and sweeping change so easily and quickly. It’s at least as dangerous as the “normal” kickoff, and looks like hell,“ Trump wrote. ”'Sissy’ football is bad for America, and bad for the NFL! Who comes up with these ridiculous ideas?"
