Stephen A Smith aimed a brutal shot at the Dallas Cowboys just moments after he left the White House following his interview with President Donald Trump.
The ESPN star, who earns $20 million-a-year, was granted a sit-down interview with Trump on Thursday just over a week after the Republicans’ brutal Midterm losses.
Recorded in the Roosevelt Room, they discussed Trump’s miserable Midterms, the war with Iran and the scandal involving former NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.
While they didn’t get chance to talk sports, Smith was able to weave in his disdain for the Cowboys moments after the microphones had been turned off inside.
When addressing reporters outside the White House, Smith was asked if he believed Trump would be able to turn around the ailing Cowboys if he was the team’s owner.
With little hesitation, Smith responded: ‘Nobody can turn around the Dallas Cowboys.’
Stephen A. Smith trolled the Dallas Cowboys after getting asked if Donald Trump could fix them
The Cowboys are 4-5 for the season and battling to reach the playoffs after some poor losses
Trump talked politics with the ESPN star on Thursday in the White House’s Roosevelt Room
Smith detests the Cowboys and has once again been reveling in their misery this season, with Jerry Jones’s team at 4-5 and fighting to get into the playoffs.
As The Daily Mail reported last month, legendary NFL writer Peter King revealed in his new book how Trump could have bought the Cowboys in 1984.
However, the President believed their $50 million price tag was too expensive so didn’t pursue a deal.
Trump told The New York Times: ‘I feel sorry for the poor guy who is going to buy the Dallas Cowboys.’
That ended up being Jones, who bought the iconic franchise for $140 million in 1989 and led them to three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s.
Jones, the 84-year-old billionaire and former Arkansas offensive lineman, gave $1 million to Trump’s MAGA Inc. and another half million to local Texas races before the Midterms, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records first reported by Front Office Sports and later reviewed by The Daily Mail.
Jones’s contributions included $250,000 to the Paxton Victory PAC, which was aimed at supporting Republican Ken Paxton’s US Senate campaign before he lost to Democrat James Talarico in Texas.
During his interview with Smith, Trump called now former NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang ‘brilliant’ but admitted that he was right to step down if it is confirmed he had an affair with a Chinese spy.
Trump called now former NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang ‘brilliant’ but admitted he was right to go
Huang stepped down Friday as the company’s CEO after co-founding it 33 years ago and leading it to become the US’s most valuable company.
His resignation came a day after the New York Times reported that Huang, 63, had an affair with a subordinate, Kimberly Powell.
‘It’s sad. He’s a tremendous talent. He did something nobody else did. He has a chip that’s so complex, so brilliant, you can’t copy it. What he’s done is incredible, he built an incredible company,’ Trump said.
Smith asked Trump point blank if Huang was right to step down, which led to a rare pause from Trump before answering.
‘The big thing was, was the woman a spy? If the woman was a spy, yes, if the woman was not a spy perhaps it would be different,’ Trump said.
Then Trump offered encouragement to Huang – whom he said is ‘going through hell right now’ for his future endeavors.
‘Somehow, he’ll end on his feet. I always thought of him as a fine man. He feels most badly about his wife and family.’
