President Donald Trump talks about his friendship with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and isn't shy when it comes to trumpet his closeness to quarterback Tom Brady.

Trump has said that Brady is "a good friend of mine," and added that Kraft "is also one of my best friends."

So it's not a big leap to think he's not a big fan of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and the way the "Deflategate" controversy was handled.

Trump slammed Goodell in comments from a 2015 interview and quoted in a New York Times magazine piece by Mark Leibovich and published on Thursday:

"The commissioner is a weak guy," Trump said. "When he made the Ray Rice deal, everybody said: You're stupid. You're weak. And it was such a weak deal. So now he's going overboard with their star, Brady."

He added: "The commissioner is a dope. He's a stupid guy."

Goodell, for his part, shrugged off questions about any tension between him and the New England Patriots in Houston in his annual Super Bowl press conference on Thursday.

Though he hasn't been to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., since the "Deflategate" investigation, Goodell said he his relationship with the Patriots isn't under any pressure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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