Matt Jones

It's a war.

I understand that.

But we tend to praise when athletes speak up when we agree with them.

And we tend to tell them to shut up and it's not the right place when we disagree with them.

Right?

Mm-hmm.

If an athlete, and I'm sure there are athletes over there that like Donald Trump.

If they win the gold medal and they say Donald Trump is the greatest president of all time and MAGA support ICE, you think those same people are going to be telling him to shut up?

No, no.

No.

So are we going to have a situation where you can praise the government overseas but not criticize it?

I think most athletes would take the view, I've waited my whole life for this.

I'm dead focused.

I ain't talking about any of that stuff.

That's probably what I would do.

But I also understand if there's people who say, I want to have an impact on the world.

This is my moment.

And I'm okay with that, too.

By the way, it wouldn't bother me if people got up and said Donald Trump's the greatest president of all time.

I mean, I don't get mad when Nick Bosa puts on a MAGA hat during his post-game interview.