ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Says Trump Ran for President to Get Revenge on the NFL



Todd Neikirk is a New Jersey-based politics and technology writer.…
In the 1980s, Donald Trump owned the New Jersey Generals in the United States Football League. It was actually then that he first met Herschel Walker, signing him to a massive contract. He was not well-liked by his fellow owners and some of them blame him for the league’s failure.

Trump had always hoped to one day purchase an NFL team. In 2013, his attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills fizzled out. According to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, Trump ran for president to get revenge on the NFL owners.
Smith told viewers that Trump had said during a phone call between the two, “If they screw me over, I am going to show them. I’m going to get them all back. I’m going to run for president of the United States.”
The sportscaster continued, “It was him politicizing the situation for his own benefit to cause havoc for NFL owners who had screwed him over from becoming, from becoming an NFL owner and being a part of their club.”
Stephen A Smith shared that Donald Trump called him in 2014 when attempting to buy the Buffalo Bills and told him-
“If they screw me over. I am going to show them. I’m going to get them all back I’m going to run for President of the United States." pic.twitter.com/pw8tUef1tc
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The ESPN personality also believes that Trump ‘hijacked’ Colin Kaepernick’s social justice movement. “The narrative was hijacked by the former president of the United States for his own benefit,” he said.
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Todd Neikirk is a New Jersey-based politics and technology writer. His work has been featured in psfk.com, foxsports.com, and PoliticusUSA. An avid pet lover, he has been known to contribute to Pet Lifestyles Magazine. He enjoys sports, politics, technology, and spending time at the shore with his family.
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