President Trump addressed LeBron James during an anti-Black Lives Matter rant Friday afternoon.
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During an interview with conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Trump called NBA star LeBron James a “hater” due to his activism outside of the basketball court. According to BET, the president said, “He’s a great basketball player, but people don’t want to see a guy that’s that way. They don’t want to see that… He’s a hater. You don’t want to sit down, watch a basketball game, and then watch somebody that hates your guts, okay.”
Trump also added, “So I look at it, and I look at the NBA, and I can’t watch it. And nobody’s watching it. And their ratings are down the tubes. And I’m telling you, I haven’t watched a basketball game in a long time. I have no interest in doing it. And, you know what? That’s a very sad commentary, ’cause I’d love to. But I just don’t have any interest in it anymore. Other things I do, I have great interest, but they’re hurting themselves very badly.
However, James is not too phased by the president’s words after he claimed he stopped watching the NBA in light of recent support for Black Lives Matter.
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Trump also discussed his progress with immigration and other policies. He claimed that the rate has “went down” since his term in office.
“That’s right. They don’t talk about immigration, and we have immigration down really good. In fact, I was gonna do an immigration bill — I have it all done — and then my guys said, “Why bring it up, Sir? You have the same policies that you’re already implementing, and you know, why should you go through the controversy of it?” I mean, the people that wanted the wall generally love what I’ve done, and immigration generally. We’ve got a couple of hardliners out there, you know, friends of yours. (chuckle) But the people that wanted the wall — I’ve done far more than I thought.”