Wizards' Beal goes off on Trump: 'To me, you're a clown'

The recent actions of President Donald Trump, including his criticism of NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem and rescinding of Stephen Curry's invitation to visit the White House, have Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal seeing red.

"Honestly, that's not a leader. For you to come out and, for one, disrespect the whole sport (NFL) that the whole world basically loves and call people names, S.O.B.'s, that's out of pocket to me," said Beal during Wizards Media Day on Monday, according to FOX Sports Radio. "You have guys who won a championship, and they have the freedom of deciding whether or not they want to go. When one man decides not to go, like how in the world can you just take an invite? Like that doesn't make any sense to me.

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"To me, you're a clown. That's unacceptable. That's not what a leader does. Your job is supposed to bring everybody together. Everybody in the world feels like since you've been in office, that hasn't been the case."

Monday wasn't the first time Beal addressed Trump's remarks, having taken to Twitter on Saturday when a number of his colleagues were doing the same to defend Curry, while also questioning Trump's "Get that son of a b---- off the field" jab at Colin Kaepernick.

"I voiced my opinion, just like everybody else did around the league, around different leagues, and around the social media world. If we can't exercise our right to freedom of speech, what are the amendments for?" asked Beal. "You're doing it, so why can't we do it?

"There's a lot of stuff I disagree with. At the end of the day, he's the president. But at the same time, I don't support anything that he represents."