Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon thinks NFL players should be kneeling to thank God for President Trump rather than protesting during the national anthem.

"If people in this country take a knee and the national football league players want to take a knee, they should take a knee at night, every night, and thank God in heaven Donald J. Trump is president of the United States," Bannon told Fox News on Monday.

"He has saved this country so much grief. He has done such a tremendous job with virtually no help," Bannon continued.

Bannon on anthem protests: They should take a knee...every night & thank God in heaven Donald J. #Trump is President https://t.co/SZjLuXDlJ7 pic.twitter.com/Y8gKxk6lne— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 26, 2017

Trump's feud with the NFL stretched into its fifth day, as the president began his day attacking the league's ratings.

He urged the NFL to create a rule to prevent players from taking a knee during the anthem.

"The only way out for them is to set a rule that you can't kneel during our National Anthem!" Trump tweeted Monday.