{"id":1044,"date":"2026-06-09T08:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:38:04","slug":"trump-turns-on-his-favorite-sportscaster-after-knicks-game-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1044","title":{"rendered":"Trump Turns on His Favorite Sportscaster After Knicks Game Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>President Donald Trump has turned on Stephen A. Smith after a calamitous appearance at Game 3 of the NBA Finals. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1042\">Trump Curses Knicks\u2019 Best Sporting Run of All Time<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump, who turns 80 on Sunday, put the area around Madison Square Garden on lockdown for his visit, only for him to get booed during the national anthem and fall asleep during the game. The Knicks, for their part, had their 13-game winning streak broken by the San Antonio Spurs, cutting the Knicks\u2019 lead in the series to 2-1.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Smith, an NBA analyst for ESPN who has touted a run for the presidency, had warned of trouble from the start, saying on his SiriusXM radio show that he didn\u2019t want Trump at the event. \u201cThere is nothing short of madness that is coming the way of everybody come Monday,\u201d Smith forecast. He also said he\u2019d blame Trump if they lost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf they lose tonight? I\u2019m looking right at him. I\u2019m blaming him. I\u2019m blaming the president of the United States of America if the New York Knicks lose this tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the game, which the Knicks lost 111-115 to the San Antonio Spurs, Trump responded to Smith\u2019s critique by dismissing his political ambitions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a nice guy, but you need a certain aptitude to run for president,\u201d Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One. He had traveled to Downtown Manhattan on Marine One before taking a motorcade to Madison Square Garden. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need a high IQ. I\u2019m not sure that Stephen has that, I don\u2019t think he does actually.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In April last year, Smith said he was leaving \u201call doors open\u201d to a presidential run, earning praise from Trump. He said in May last year that he would \u201clove\u201d to see the ESPN personality run for president, describing him as \u201ca smart guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1040\">Trump Blindsides CEO Buddies With Plan for Wild Power Grab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been pretty good at picking people and picking candidates, and I will tell you I\u2019d love to see him run,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>However, the relationship appears to have soured because of Smith\u2019s comments about the thin-skinned president on Monday morning. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis president has no business showing up in New York City. I am dead serious,\u201d Smith, 58, said on ESPN\u2019s <i>First Take<\/i>. \u201cIt is selfish, it is narcissistic, it is ridiculous that he\u2019s coming to this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He cited the \u201ccongestion\u201d it would create. Indeed, Trump\u2019s presence caused issues. Security restrictions meant that ticketholders had to queue for hours to get in, with queues stretching for two blocks outside Madison Square Garden. Thousands of New York Police Department officers and hundreds of Secret Service officers were deployed in response to his presence. <\/p>\n<p>Metal barriers stymied footfall and nixed what would have been a lucrative night for bars near the venue. One New Yorker told the BBC the tight security was \u201ckilling the vibe of the Knicks.\u201d <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump attended with his granddaughter, Kai Trump, 19, Knicks owner James Dolan, and members of his administration. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1038\">Trump Hit With Loud Boos in Ultimate MSG Embarrassment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has turned on Stephen A. Smith after a calamitous appearance at Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Read more Trump Curses Knicks\u2019 Best Sporting Run of All Time Trump, who turns 80 on Sunday, put the area around Madison Square Garden on lockdown for his visit, only for him to get booed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Turns on His Favorite Sportscaster After Knicks Game Disaster - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1044\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Turns on His Favorite Sportscaster After Knicks Game Disaster - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump has turned on Stephen A. 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