During an interview Friday with The Wall Street Journal podcast, “The Future of Everything,” the former quarterback reflected on the incident in which Trump wanted him and others who kneeled during the Anthem to be fired and kicked off the field. Colin Kaepernick said it is much “easier for him to analyze” now than it was seven years ago.

Eight years ago, Colin Kaepernick began his national anthem protest before games while playing quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. Kaepernick protesting police brutality and systemic racism by kneeling during the anthem,