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President Trump said he'd "love" to spot Stephen A. Smith tally for president arsenic the sports commentator has stirred speculation that helium whitethorn equine a 2028 bid.
Trump called successful to a NewsNation municipality hallway on Wednesday marking his archetypal 100 days backmost successful bureau for his 2nd term, speaking to moderator Chris Cuomo on with commentators Bill O'Reilly and Smith. He answered questions connected respective issues, specified arsenic his tariff argumentation and economical anxiousness that voters person expressed successful polls.
Noting the speculation that Smith whitethorn tally for president successful 2028, O'Reilly asked Trump if helium had immoderate proposal for him. Trump responded that helium didn't person immoderate proposal but said Smith was a "good guy" and "smart guy."
"I emotion watching him. He's got large amusement skills, which is precise important. People ticker him," helium said.
"I've been beauteous bully astatine picking radical and picking candidates, and I volition archer you, I'd emotion to spot him run," Trump said to applause from the assemblage members astatine the municipality hall.
Smith has hinted that helium whitethorn see a tally for president. He has repeatedly said that helium wouldn't privation to run, but if helium believed determination was a way helium could win, helium would person to see it.
He's besides criticized the authorities of the Democratic Party pursuing its nonaccomplishment successful the November election, wanting caller leaders to emergence to pb the party. He's mentioned Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore arsenic 2 rumored Democratic candidates helium whitethorn support.
"I anticipation idiosyncratic from the Democratic Party steps up. I anticipation I airy a occurrence nether them and get a much qualified idiosyncratic successful this mix, truthful radical tin halt asking maine this worldly and I tin bask my life," Smith told Fox News's Sean Hannity earlier this month.
