Mediaite reports ESPN commenter and ardent President Donald Trump supporter Stephen A. Smith got hot today after a caller put him on blast for his misplaced devotion.
Smith remains defensive of Trump, despite the president hazing him and calling him stupid whenever the announcer publicly disagrees with him. Last week, Trump berated Smith on Truth Social last week, calling Smith “an arrogant fool, a low IQ individual,” “‘dumb as a rock’” and a “huckster.”
Trump also blasted Smith’s political aspirations, if he had them, calling him “totally unqualified to ever think of running for high political office, or even low political office, for that matter!”
Smith’s caller reminded him of this on his Wednesday SiriusXM radio show, Straight Shooter with Stephen A.
“Stephen, I’d like to congratulate you for being the latest Black person to be called low IQ by President Trump,” said the caller, named ‘Joe.’ “It’s quite a long and distinguished list of people.”
Smith leapt to Trump’s defense, arguing that Trump’s attack was not because to racism.
“Let’s not use that as a reason and cause to engage in the racial dynamics of the situation,” Smith responded. “… I think Donald Trump does anything to anybody who is anti-Trump. He don’t give a d—— what color, ethnicity, race, or group you are associated with. He could care less. If you are not pro-Trump, you are his enemy, and he treats you like it. That is what I believe.”
But the caller was having none of that, responding that Trump did not appear very high IQ himself.
Again, Smith defended Trump.
“I used to talk to him for years before he was ever running for president. Folks didn’t call him stupid then. When he was on Oprah Winfrey’s show and he was friends with Whoopi Goldberg and others, people weren’t calling him dumb them. As a matter of fact, people were asking him if he would ever run for office because they thought he was smart and they thought he was bright, because in all likelihood, he probably was,” Smith argued.
“Do you think somebody who graduates from the Wharton school … would know that you can’t lower the price of something below 100 percent?” Joe countered, referring to an infamous Trump claim to lower drug prices impossibly “by 1,000 percent.”
“I just want to say that. Maybe someone should ask to see his college transcript,” Joe insisted.
At that, Smith demanded “what the hell is that going to accomplish?”
“He is the president,” Smith continued. “… What is that going to do? All that’s going to do is make you feel good. It’s almost like a child, you get to say, ‘Nah nah nah nah nah, ha ha see I got your transcript.’ What the f—— does that mean? It doesn’t mean anything. Excuse my cursing. I apologize for that. But I’m p——! It makes no sense. It’s childish! It accomplishes nothing! Come to me with an idea that accomplishes something!”
Trump’s intelligence is increasingly under attack as his public appearances become filled with slurring, wandering and snoozing.