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President Donald Trump made headlines when he attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday. So, what are his plans for Game 4?
Trump, a New Yorker, sat in a suite with Knicks owner James Dolan on Monday. The crowd, which went through heightened security measures before the game, booed when he appeared on the Jumbotron during the national anthem at Madison Square Garden.
Trump wasn’t rattled, at least not publicly. Boarding Air Force One after the game, the president told reporters, “I think it was mostly cheers. It was loud. And it was enthusiastic.”
Is the president plannig to attend Game 4 on Wednesday, also at Madison Square Garden, with the Knicks up 2-1 over the San Antonio Spurs?
Here's what to know.
According to ESPN NBA reporter Shams Charania, Trump is not expected to be in attendance for Game 4 of the series "due to scheduling conflicts and obligations."
Following the Game 3 appearance, Trump has had a war of words with ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith.
Smith previously criticized his decision to attend the game.
“I think he’s a nice guy, but you need a certain aptitude to run for president,” Trump said of Smith, who has waffled on whether to run for president. “You need a high IQ, and I’m not sure Stephen has that.”
Smith gave a lengthy response on his show "First Take."
“You wanna talk about IQ,” Smith said, per The Hill. “I could put my IQ against yours. I got something even better. I could ask you why you been running from me for the past year since I asked you to talk to me. I could ask you to debate me since you think you’re that dude. We could go a myriad of ways.”
Trump responded on Truth Social.
“Stephen A. Smith is an arrogant fool, a low IQ individual. In other words, he’s ‘dumb as a rock,’ and totally unqualified to ever think of running for high political office, or even low political office, for that matter," he wrote, per Deadline. "He’d get annihilated in a debate by the most incompetent of politicians. Joe Biden’s now ‘fabled’ performance would look great by comparison to anything that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much! Within a few weeks, they’d laugh him out of politics!!!”
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Is Trump attending NBA Finals Game 4? President slams Stephen A. Smith
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Trump, a New Yorker, sat in a suite with Knicks owner James Dolan on Monday. The crowd, which went through heightened security measures before the game, booed when he appeared on the Jumbotron during the national anthem at Madison Square Garden.
Trump wasn’t rattled, at least not publicly. Boarding Air Force One after the game, the president told reporters, “I think it was mostly cheers. It was loud. And it was enthusiastic.”
Is the president plannig to attend Game 4 on Wednesday, also at Madison Square Garden, with the Knicks up 2-1 over the San Antonio Spurs?
Here's what to know.
Is President Donald Trump attending Game 4 of the NBA Finals?
According to ESPN NBA reporter Shams Charania, Trump is not expected to be in attendance for Game 4 of the series "due to scheduling conflicts and obligations."
Trump at odds with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith
Following the Game 3 appearance, Trump has had a war of words with ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith.
Smith previously criticized his decision to attend the game.
“I think he’s a nice guy, but you need a certain aptitude to run for president,” Trump said of Smith, who has waffled on whether to run for president. “You need a high IQ, and I’m not sure Stephen has that.”
Smith gave a lengthy response on his show "First Take."
“You wanna talk about IQ,” Smith said, per The Hill. “I could put my IQ against yours. I got something even better. I could ask you why you been running from me for the past year since I asked you to talk to me. I could ask you to debate me since you think you’re that dude. We could go a myriad of ways.”
Trump responded on Truth Social.
“Stephen A. Smith is an arrogant fool, a low IQ individual. In other words, he’s ‘dumb as a rock,’ and totally unqualified to ever think of running for high political office, or even low political office, for that matter," he wrote, per Deadline. "He’d get annihilated in a debate by the most incompetent of politicians. Joe Biden’s now ‘fabled’ performance would look great by comparison to anything that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much! Within a few weeks, they’d laugh him out of politics!!!”
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Is Trump attending NBA Finals Game 4? President slams Stephen A. Smith
Continue reading...
