President Donald Trump has drawn attention and action away from the significant issues facing the country to focus on personal feuds and his own ego, instead.

Just within the last month, the U.S. has been hit by three major hurricanes, come to the brink of nuclear war and Congress has attempted to pass a healthcare bill and pass a new budget.

Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico as a category four storm, destroying the entire island’s infrastructure. A majority of the island still doesn’t have power or drinking water as workers struggle to organize aid.

Congress also attempted to pass the Graham-Cassidy healthcare plan, which would repeal Obamacare, and shift most healthcare responsibility to the states. The bill died on the debate floor of the Senate after three Republican senators announced their disapproval of the bill.

The foreign minister of North Korea also announced last week, “Trump claimed that our leadership wouldn’t be around much longer, and hence, at last, he declared war on our country,” and that they would now shoot down all U.S. aircrafts they see, even outside of their airspace.

Instead of focusing on these major issues, Trump has drawn the country’s attention to the NFL and the racial divide in our country.

On Sept. 22, Trump denounced NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to protest the treatment of African Americans in the country and police brutality in the nation’s cities. Trump said in a series of tweets “[An NFL player] should not be allowed to disrespect… our Great American Flag …If not, you’re fired …” This caused massive uproar not only from NFL players, but also from many veterans who the President claimed he was defending.

Trump insinuated that kneeling during the national anthem disrespected the memory of our veterans, many of whom have died for the flag. Our veterans served to protect our freedoms, and kneeling during the national anthem is protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Our President, blind to the reality of our freedoms as American citizens, is asking NFL owners to violate the constitutional rights of players, the exact opposite of the meaning of the oath of office he took on Jan 20, 2017. Instead of focusing on the multiple crises in this country, one of which could possibly end in nuclear war. Trump chooses to pick fights and distract from his few accomplishments. Trump has not yet learned how to be a president, and it is unclear if he ever will.