The White House on Monday said President Trump is not “against anyone” as he ​continues to ​slam NFL players for taking the knee during the national anthem but instead is showing that he is for “something.”

“This isn’t about the president being against anyone,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ​said. “This is about the president and millions of Americans being for something.”

​Asked if Trump went to far during a speech last Friday in Alabama when he said ​a “son of a bitch” who kneels during The Star Spangled Banner should be fired or suspended, Huckabee Sanders said the president is just showing his patriotism.

​”I think it’s alway​s​ appropriate for the ​president of the United States ​to promote our flag​,​ to promote our national anthem and ask people to respect it​,” she said.

She also shot down suggestions that Trump was trying to wage a cultural war since former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began the kneeling protests to raise awareness about police brutality and racial injustice. ​

​”​The pres​ident​ is not ​talking​ about race, he’s talking about pride in our cou​ntry,” she said.​

She also said the focus of that message now seems to be changing among the players, who on Sunday kneeled or linked arms with each other, coaches and even some team owners in solidarity to Trump’s comments.

“I think if the debate is really for them about police brutality they should probably protest the officers on the field that are protecting them instead of the American flag,” ​she said​.

​Huckabee Sanders also said the president’s criticism of the NFL isn’t distracting him from other pressing issues like tax reform, repealing ObamaCare and securing the borders.

“It really doesn’t take that long to type out 140 characters​,​”​ she said referring to Trump Twitter habit, adding that the president can do more than one thing at a time.​