President Donald Trump slammed Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James during a Friday interview with Rush Limbaugh, calling James "a hater" and"nasty spokesman.""The NBA has become so political that nobody cares about it anymore,"He acknowledged that James is"a great basketball player," before adding:"People don’t wanna see a guy that way. They don’t want to see that.
"LeBron has been a spokesman, I don't know I've never met him, all I know is when he endorsed Hillary," Trump said."LeBron is a spokesman for the Democratic party. A very nasty spokesman." James in 2017 called Trump a"bum" in a tweet, and in August, when asked about Trump's complaints about the NBA's activism to support the Black Lives Matter movement, James said,"I really don’t think the basketball community are sad about losing his viewership, him viewing the game."
You are so wrongTrump you are the hater!
These NBA players who did not learn history well，They forget that it was Biden’s Democratic Party who defended slavery. A hundred years ago, the Democratic Party asked black slaves to grow tea for them, Now the Democratic Party makes black people a slave to vote for them.
nba bows down to China Won’t ever watch
Yep! NBA is DONE in the USA
This is totally true
True
Boycott NBA
The nba and other professional sports leagues HAVE become political. But that is 100% Donald trump‘s fault. If you make HUMAN RIGHTS political, humans will speak out.
If you’re not watching because of politics, you’re not a real fan. So move along, NBA will be fine.
Has anyone ever heard LeBron preach hate in any form? He advocates for justice and puts his money where his mouth is trying to do good in this world with the blessings he's been given. Donald Trump isn't half the man LeBron James is.
Why? Is it because black players talking about racial injustice?
Well that plus the level of play is awful
Not Basketball Anymore
Who gives a rats ass what Trump thinks?
nice
Shut up and dribble.
Are they playing this year?
Correct
Yes, lets keep boycottnba going until our sports gets out of politics. We want our sports back free from politics.
Yeah- NBA sucks. NCAA is basketball in its truest form.
And loser 45 politicizes everything. Can’t wait to vote him OUT of office. Electoral College: you betta do the right thing this time!
That's Trump speak for 'yet another group of people who don't like me because they know I'm a crazy pathological liar.'
And he is correct
“Nobody” and “anymore” are pretty strong words. But the data shows fewer really care about the NBA.
You can’t say “nobody”. He can say some don’t care but he can’t speak on behalf of everyone.
Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer etc., no one wants politics or activism in their entertainment sports. I want to watch for the physical competition not the moral.
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Well here right just look at the ratings
He’s correct on that
It is a bit of a turn off, not what I’m tuning into sports for
Trump is right. Most people I know quit watching NBA and even NFL. The ONE person I know who watched did so half heartedly. Pro sports has dug it’s own grave.
He isn't lying.
Oh....the moment realDonaldTrump leaves office he will be so insignificant that I won’t even think once about him, much less twice.
Let pro and college sports starve.
because only dt should be allowed 2 spew all that diarrhea.wasn't rush supposed to buy the farm already?DT has done more for black americans ,than even Lincoln did,thought he wanted those m f'rs fired,for not supporting police brutality
Amen
These NBA players who did not learn history well，They forget that it was Biden’s Democratic Party who defended slavery. A hundred years ago, the Democratic Party asked black slaves to grow tea for them, Now the Democratic Party makes black people a slave to vote for them.
Kobe Bryant was a rapist.
realDonaldTrump is right! BoycottNBA
What was the “main” topic of this tweet?
He said the same thing about football and yet he watches that. Trump is as fickle as they come.
Screw Trump!!
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Exactly...
Nobody cares about what Trump says.
I have not watched a single game.
True for my house
It’s a fact
realDonaldTrump they have more viewers than you
Truth!! I don't want to be lectured about privilege by a bunch of millionaires in the middle of a pandemic. Especially those who are the very definition of unessential workers.
boycottnba nba continue to boycott
truth
Trump is right the ratings are in the dumpster, we dont need the woke crsp
Don't think he hates anyone.He's either afraid of losN his job,asR so many others in sports,Hollywood,SiliconValley& CA, or maybe it's that they're uninformed about how the historically good Black Lives Matter grp now devolved 2 extremism& doN dirty work 4Antifa Socialist Anarchy
When Trumps calls someone ,like Sir Lebron James, bad names; that's an honor. Because Trump is worse, much worse, the worst of the worst, the worst POTUS ever. You know exactly what I am talking about.
True
Love lebron and hate trump
Beijing ticker tape parade. Muslim slaves will sweep for KingJames. awefulleague. hypocrites
The problem is whether you like him or not give the President respect. It was tue Democrats who turned this country divisive by urging to demonstrate agains the POTUS after the election to make it illegitimate.
Nobody is a bigger hater of people who disagree with him than our president.
That is CORRECT
He’s not really wrong....
If he doesn't care about it then he is correct. An utter nobody doesn't care about it.
Russ said he was Stage IV what happened to that. Was he lying?
Trump doesn’t as usual know what he’s talking about! Put on your Superman shirt and strut around so your wacko cult and proud boys can see you.. we all want to see it on you
The people that might care are out Burning and looting and vandalizing.
I agree. Many have warned them to shut up and play. Ratings are aweful
He’s right. Fuck the NBA and ESPN. I don’t want to be taught a little lesson every time I turn on the TV. I want to watch sports, not hear an uneducated boob mangle the English language and try to appear vaguely intelligent.
Including me
Rickers Island Trump’s future home.
I don it care about the politics only about our great Miami Heat!!!! Who will beat the LA Lakers in 7!!!! Go heat!!!
If the NBA is so woke, when will it institute Affirmative Action NBA NBAFinals
To be fair, his in a way right. But they actions are noble and justifiable
You don’t want to watch , don’t watch.......
Well for the President to comment on it it must still be relevant. Besides who cares what the criminal thinks. Once his time is up the FBI has some special conversations they need to have with him & he will be going to prison & that will be a joyful day.
NBA is tall guys playing with balls, kinda gay anyways.
Wait! Tя☭mp called LeBron a hater? 😂😂😂 Next!
Truth
The irony is, it's his fault everything is so political....
He almost got it right... No one gives a damn what Trump thinks (well to say he's capable of a thought is a bit of a stretch) anymore...
One in five small businesses have closed. More than 25 million Americans are on unemployment. Millions are at risk of losing their homes. But President Trump doesn’t seem to care. He only cares about how he and his wealthy friends are doing. Biden
Been loving the playoffs myself! LBJ been putting in work on and off the court. Much love Lebron! You do us proud. O-H-I-O
Yeah and it’s connection with China makes it worse NBA CCP
So they should not have opinions outside of their professional careers? Seems kind of like going against what America is about. Freedom of Speech. But 2nd amendment opinions by the public is ok because $ and fame isn’t a issue.
That would be a lie!!! I don't watch any other sport. The finals are the best i have seem in a long time...
Basketball players KingJames NBA have a right to express themselves, and I have a right to tune them out. CommonSense I can still ball on the court as well, no need to watch!
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Trump obviously cares a great deal.
He’s right though
Why not report on him swearing on air? 🧐
realDonaldTrump once again is wrong. What we don’t care about is him. BidenHarris
Ummm so just one more untruth.....
At least LeBron has a plan for the next 4 years
He calls anyone who doesn’t agree with him a hater.. how very grade school of him .. but we don’t expect him to act like an adult anyway.. he’s simple incapable.
LB will never be a true Laker.
Lebron is carrying on a long tradition in America, athletes of all shades having spoken out over the decades. I'm still listening and I'm still watching. Shame, as people are missing out on some great games.
I’m done with the NBA now. I will never spend another dollar on it
I love the NBA more than ever!!
True - how are the ratings.
Nobody cares about Trump anymore, is more like it
Hi
You wish, 🤣
Which is why Trump brings it up at every opportunity he gets.
LOL. NBA is the fastest growing sport. The majority of the growth now and over the next X number of years is overseas. I don’t think most leaders/ppl overseas are judging us on the NBA, though it might be better if they did.
Yea, because white people cant enjoy watching blacks play if they are mindful of racial injustice. Donald Trump wants blacks to be good negroes and let whites destroy Black people. Shut up and dribble.
I didn’t used to follow the NBA, but seems to me they’ve done everything right especially speaking truth to power!
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IDGAF about the politics, that might be wrong ones. I quit watching around 15 years ago or so, because most of my favorite players were dead, retired or traded away. I also had to work, watch other things or go to bed because my wife worked in the morning.
Trump is just jealous. He wants to be better than everybody
The ratings do lean the way of that argument.
It’s a black thing no boy allowed so u can’t go
Not racial
So not only is trump afraid of strong women, now he slams strong black nba athletes (just like nfl) who dare to lead and speak out. We got it.
they should remember that when they start up .. WHAT? They are playing now.
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Good said
For proud boys!!!
Sure because he stands up for what right go LeBron.
Then why are you talking about it?
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Gah, he can’t even talk trash well.
We lived without sports for 4 months. Players are paid to entertain us, not to preach their politics. Bringing your politics to work is always bad form. boycottNBA
Rush who?
Trump shoul shut up
Right . Let them take their league to China!
I agree
The President is right. Sports are an ESCAPE. Nobody wants reality invading their escapes. Also nobody really cares what millionaire athletes who play children's games for a living have to say about anything of import. Nuff said.
JeanieBuss cares thats who.
LebronJames has done more for the 🇺🇸 than u have !! He is a man with empathy !!
It’s true, but good thing because ChinaLiedPeopleDied ChinaJoe NBAAintTheSame
says the person that politicizes EVERYTHING
Chinese communists are subsidizing the league along with globalist billionaires it’s plain to see
That’s true
I mean, if I have a right to my opinions and share them that’s cool. If an athlete with can make a statement and share their opinion, why wouldn’t they? James has as much right as I to express his feelings and I admire those who use their voices for positive impact!
Isn’t it Trump that tries to make everything political?
Donald Trump has become so political that no one cares about him anymore
It’s probly not good for yall to write about it if nobody cares.
I don’t anymore.
Fact
One can say that about the office of presidency. Trump has been such a bad president, people are holding comedians and random people on twitter to a higher moral standard than him.
Yes correct
KingJames is worth more $ than realDonaldTrump so the nba must be doing a few things right. Stop reprinting his hateful propaganda
Did he just call himself “nobody?”
realDonaldTrump is delusional!
I love the NBA, and mostly everyone I know does also. 🙂
Would much rather watch basketball full of players who are rich, but care about others in their community. What most are tired of watching is the predictable crap coming out of realDonaldTrump 's filthy mouth.
It will be the immense accomplishments that Lebron James has done for his community and Country that I will most admire him for. He has been a consistent strong voice for social justice...while Trump has been the true voice of bigotry and hate.
Message to the President: Everybody that says something negative about you isn’t hating on you or a nasty person. Maybe you should talk to a psychiatrist.
Also the NBA is boring it's now a 3 and No D.
Trump HATES prominent blacks.
He's right about that. Sports is for fun and enjoyment not a bunch of politics. They've ruined it for everyone.
Nope just him & his bigot buds!
NBA? Numbskulls Bashing America?
TRUE!
JJ Redick: Nobody in NBA cares if Donald Trump watches basketball.
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KingJames NBA TheNBPA Are you all 'haters' and 'nasty'?
It was a great interview to be fair.
Osama Bin Laden would be pleased. Thanks Trump.
Not watching Basketball anymore. I hate seeing what I see. The BLM has a wrong agenda.
I look forward to the day nobody has to pretend to care what dumb shit Trump says every day.
I’m still watching 🤷🏽♂️
Stupid
Bunch of overpaid babies as far as I’m concerned. My 13 year old wants a Celtics hat, I say “no way Jose, bunch of overpaid babies!”
true
You gotta do what you gotta do if an idiot is taking away your democracy!
'Gee, I hope Donald Trump is watching our games!', said no NBA player, ever!
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