Trump reveals he didn't like football growing up as people 'from bad neighborhood' could tackle him

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump recently revealed he was not a fan of playing football during his childhood because someone "from a bad neighborhood" could tackle him.

The former president made the revelation during a podcast episode of 'Bussin with the Boys' where the GOP nominee threw in a few controversial remarks.

Trump explains why he did not like playing football as a child

Trump said during the podcast, "I played football too. I didn't particularly like it. I could catch the ball good but I didn't particularly like having some guy that was, uh, lifting weights all day long and came from a bad neighborhood. Yeah, and he sees me, and they were tackling hard."

He added, "This wasn't high-quality football and I didn't like it too much. I liked baseball."

He also spoke about his time with his parents as a child and said, "My parents loved each other and they were married for many years. great husband, great wife, great family."

Trump explains how he will unite the country

During the podcast, Trump also answered how he will unite the country if he is elected as president in November. He said, "You want to see the country united but we have two very different sides. We have a very conservative side and then we have people who want to see an open border and so on."

He added, "I think we need to have success. When I was running the country, we were the most successful country in history before Covid came in. We were doing the best in numbers in no matter what category, including employment. Everybody was working and everybody was successful."

Internet trolls Trump for his controversial remark on not liking football 

Several Internet users trolled Donald Trump as he revealed that he was not a fan of playing football during his childhood because someone "from a bad neighborhood" could tackle him.

Some online comments read, "Meaning Black and brown kids !!He is racist to the core" and "Wrong. The correct answer is "Because I am the biggest coward in existence and I'm afraid of even my own shadow"."

A person also stated, "Just another example of how cowardly this man is", whereas one mentioned, "And we all know what he means by "a bad neighborhood"."

A user also wrote, "Donald Trump never played any sports in his life. See his hands moving, sign that he's lying", while one commented, "He must have played football at least once and when that big muscle bound guy from the "bad neighborhood" tackled him, he obviously received a traumatic brain injury."

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