I can't really argue with this. So, a conditional "Agreed." As I said, I don't like his style.if Trump hadn't opened his mouth about it, it probably would have been over by now. The best way to make someone stop doing something is to ignore them
While I do give the President great credit for keeping faith with us "Deplorables," he could have picked a more opportune time to express our patriotic concerns.
At a time so critical time in the worlds of international relations and urgent domestic concerns (ACA repeal and tax cuts/reform), I think such a pervasive focus on the protest issue was, and remains, a serious mis-allocation of Presidential time and resources.