Popovich lança duras críticas a Trump
O treinador dos SA Spurs falou nos últimos dias sobre a situação alarmante que se vive nos EUA com os últimos acontecimentos, que resultaram na morte de George Floyd por um agente policial.
O experiente “coach” dos texanos conversou com David Zirin, do jornal “Nation Sunday”, para discutir o assunto mais debatido da última semana.
Para o líder dos Spurs, estas situação já são recorrentes ao longo dos anos e nada parece fazer estes abusos racistas terem um fim:
“The thing that strikes me is that we all see this police violence and racism and we’ve seen it all before but nothing changes,” said Popovich. “That’s why these protests have been so explosive. But without leadership and an understanding of what the problem is, there will never be change. And white Americans have avoided reckoning with this problem forever because it’s been our privilege to be able to avoid it. That also has to change.”
Popovich vê o ponto chave da questão na liderança que vem do topo da Casa Branca, em Washington.
“It’s unbelievable. If Trump had a brain, even if it was 99 percent cynical, he would come out and say something to unify people. But he doesn’t care about bringing people together. Even now. That’s how deranged he is. It’s all about him. It’s all about what benefits him personally. It’s never about the greater good. And that’s all he’s ever been.”
Popovich considera que é claro que mudanças têm urgentemente de acontecer, para parar com o racismo no país: “BLACK LIVES MATTER”
“It’s so clear what needs to be done. We need a president to come out and say simply that ‘Black Lives Matter.’ Just say those three words. But he won’t and he can’t. He can’t because it’s more important to him to mollify the small group of followers who validate his insanity. But it’s more than just Trump. The system has to change. I’ll do whatever I can do to help because that’s what leaders do. But he can’t do anything to put us on a positive path because he’s not a leader.
Pop não poupou nas palavras e lançou duras críticas a Trump, pela forma como lida com os assuntos do país, apelidando-o de um verdadeiro “idiota”
“ In the end what we have is a fool in place of a president, while the person who really runs the country, Senator Mitch McConnell, destroys the United States for generations to come. McConnell has destroyed and degraded our judicial system. He has tried to destroy heath care. He’s destroyed the environment. He’s the master and Trump’s the stooge, and what’s funny is that Trump doesn’t even know it. Trump’s always wanted to be part of the in-group, but McConnell is an in-group of one and Trump plays the fool.”
