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Trump tries to put his stamp on the NFL, with mixed results

Season 2025 Episode 331 | 7m 20s

Chances are that at some point in the next few days, a couch in your house will be occupied by someone watching football. It's America’s most popular sport and the National Football League unites much of the country in a shared passion. But the league faces a tricky potential threat to that: politics. Christine Brennan, a sports columnist for USA Today, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.

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