Who does Colin Kaepernick have to thank for being a free agent? Apparently, it's Donald Trump

Donald Trump is a complete narcissist. Of course we’ve known this forever, but now that he’s officially the resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, he has the whole world as a stage to demonstrate his massive ego. The latest example of his grandiose sense of self-importance: taking credit for Colin Kaepernick’s free agency. 

On Monday night, during one of the many bizarre and self-congratulatory campaign-style rallies he continues to have, what began as a plan to talk about health care reform resulted in Trump trying to convince the crowd about all the wonderful things he will do for the inner cities. But true to form, Trump can’t stay on topic and can’t stop talking about his favorite subject—himself. And in this case, what he wanted the crowd to know is that, apparently, he now has a direct impact on what happens in the NFL.

"Our inner cities will find a rebirth of hope, safety and opportunity," Trump said before bringing up Kaepernick's free agency. "Your San Francisco quarterback, I'm sure nobody ever heard of him."

Then the President clarified he was citing an article he had read.

"It was reported that NFL owners don't want to pick him up because they don't want to get a nasty tweet from Donald Trump," he said. "Do you believe that? I just saw that. I just saw that."

Correction: It’s highly doubtful that he had just read this in an article because we know that Trump doesn’t actually read. But we do know that someone must have told him this because his team has already been instructed to scour the news to report anything favorable that is written about Don the Con. And the ridiculous man-child that is now running our government probably loves the idea that his insane Twitter feed is the reason why Colin Kaepernick might not have a job.