Stephen Smith Defends Trump: ‘Trump Is Not Against Black People,’ ‘I Genuinely Liked Him’ When We Were Friends

During a new interview at the Semafor Media Summit on Monday, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith defended 45th President and leading 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump from accusations of racism, saying Trump “isn’t against black people,” but “against all things not named Trump.”

“I thoroughly enjoyed talking to him. He was a huge sports fan,” Smith said while speaking of his friendship with the 45th president.

“He used to throw a lot of events at his casinos and stuff like that and I genuinely liked him,” Smith explained.

“I didn’t know who this guy was running for president. I think he’s changed,” he added.

“But I will tell you this, I think when people call him racist and stuff like that – I’ve never thought about Trump like that,” Smith said.

“He’s not against Black people, he’s against all things not named Trump. There’s a difference,” Smith added to an audience of cheers and laughter.

Trump has been called the “most pro-black President in my lifetime” by Pastor Darrell Scott.

Under Trump’s administration, Trump made a historic permanent commitment of $255 million in annual additional funding for historically black colleges and universities. There were also all-time record lows for black unemployment. 

Trump also created opportunity zones and put in place criminal justice reform.

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This comes after far-left and corrupt Manhattan prosecutors revealed their frivolous details concerning Trump’s 34 felony charges. They accused Trump of covering up sex scandals during the 2016 presidential campaign and falsifying business records in the first degree.

During far-left Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s press conference last week, he told reporters he doesn’t need to “specify” what Trump’s crimes actually are because “the law does not so require.”

“The indictment does not specifically say what those crimes were. […] What laws were broken?” a reporter asked.

“The indictment doesn’t specify because the law does not so require…” Bragg shockingly answered.

Assistant Manhattan district attorney Chris Connolly claimed in court that Trump falsifying business records undermined the integrity of the 2016 presidential election.

The judge presiding over Trump’s case, Judge Juan Merchan, didn’t place a gag order on Trump, but told Trump’s defense team to not make “statements that are likely to incite violence and civil unrest.”

Judge Merchan refused to issue a gag order on Trump since he is a “candidate for President of the United States” and “his First Amendment rights are critically important,” according to the Daily Mail.

Bragg could face up to five years in prison if he is responsible for leaking Trump’s frivolous indictment.

Leaking grand jury testimony is a Class E felony under New York state law and carries a prison sentence between one and five years.

“A Class E felony charge is considered more serious than a misdemeanor charge, and as such carries a potentially longer jail sentence. While a Class A misdemeanor in New York carries a sentence of up to 364 days, a Class E felony can result in a sentence of between one year and five years,” according to The Law Offices of Julie Rendelman.

Bragg, who has been exposed as being funded by a group supported by far-left billionaire George Soros, was able to get a Manhattan grand jury to vote to indict Trump. The Color of Change PAC, the “nation’s largest online racial justice organization”, which was given $1 million in May 2021 from Soros, gave $1 million to Bragg but later pulled back half of their donation.

Also on Tuesday, April 4, Adult film “star” Stormy Daniels lost another case against Trump in the 9th Circuit Court where Trump was awarded $121,962 in her attorney fees.

In March 2022, Daniels was also ordered to pay Trump $300,000 after losing a defamation case against him. The Manhattan grand jury voted to indict President Trump over a $130,000 payment to Daniels made by his former lawyer and now-convicted liar, Michael Cohen.

This makes Trump the first American president to ever face criminal charges.

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