Lebron James Make Shock Announcement About His Future With President Trump
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The sports world is abuzz after President Donald Trump disinvited the NFL’s Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles from visiting the White House to celebrate its historic win, the first in franchise history. Now, the man who is arguably America’s top sports star has spoken out on it and sent a message to the president himself.
James, who puts a ball in a hoop for a job and makes hundreds of millions of dollars doing it, spoke out on politics on Tuesday, again attacking one of his favorite targets, President Trump. It seems James has still not gotten over the fact that the woman he endorsed for president, Hillary Clinton, was defeated. And he could be angry that the commoners thought for, and voted for, themselves rather than doing what “King” James told them was best for them.
No one is discounting how good James is at his job. He is, arguably, the best in the world and, in the eyes of some, the best in history at doing it. But it still is putting a ball in a hoop, which is why what he said on Tuesday when a reporter asked him about the Eagles being disinvited from the White House by President Trump, should be taken with a grain of salt.
“I’m not surprised. It’s typical of [President Trump],” he said the day before his Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. “I mean, I know no matter who wins this series, no one wants the invite anyway. So it won’t be Golden State or Cleveland going.”
Another reporter asked if he was surprised that the gap between the president and certain athletes continues to grow. James, predictably, placed the blame squarely on the president and none of the athletes who have been acting like petulant children.
“I think as long as he’s in office, then the communication and things like that are going to continue to happen,” he said. “It’s a lot of things that we believe in as Americans that we don’t feel that he’s for. There are a lot of people that believe that he’s not for the people or doing things that’s right by the people.”
Interestingly, a lot of Americans don’t feel that these pro athletes are for America. The ratings speak for themselves. These millionaires don’t represent the average American while they disrespect our flag and invent instances of injustice while signing million dollar contracts.
“I think more importantly, as Americans and especially people in Philadelphia, we shouldn’t let that news take away from what that unbelievable team did and accomplished, what all those players did to sacrifice throughout each and every Sunday, going out and playing the style of football that they played and winning a Super Bowl the way they won it,” James said.
“Let’s not let that accomplishment of things that you will have for the rest of your life, and people will always call you a champion for the rest of your life, let’s not let someone uninviting you to their house take away from that moment. Because I think the championship — winning a Super Bowl or winning a Stanley Cup or winning a World Series or winning an NBA championship or national championship — is way bigger than getting invited to the White House. Especially with [President Trump] in there, in my opinion.”
The Warrior’s Steph Curry, who had a war of words with the president last year over attending a White House celebration of the team’s championship win, agreed with James.
“I agree with ‘Bron,” he told reporters. “Pretty sure the way we handled things last year, we’d stay consistent with that. At the end of the day, every team has an opportunity to make for themselves and speak for themselves — and that’s powerful being in that situation.”
It is powerful. And a powerful statement to the kids that are watching James and Curry would be for them to visit the president at the White House and voice their concerns to the president face to face like men. And to show that, even when you don’t get your way, you are still able to have a conversation and show decorum. But that seems to be too much to ask of people whose job it is to put a ball in a hoop, and that is a shame.