Some pretty staid media figures, including Terry Bradshaw and now Bob Costas, are lining up against Trump's smack-down of the #TakeTheKnee movement.

Costas said it would be giving Trump the extreme benefit of the doubt to assume his comments were merely tone-deaf, and not a business plan meant to divide.

Keep reading to hear his remarks ...

(Video still via CNN)

Costas name-checks all the people who've condemned Trump's #TakeTheKnee remarks, and they include everyone outside Trump's unwavering base: 

"Do you want a President who is so tone deaf to the racial implications of this?" asks Sports broadcaster Bob Costas https://t.co/D2AuoOehGJ

— New Day (@NewDay) September 25, 2017