Trump tears into Stephen A Smith as feud grows: 'Arrogant fool, a low IQ individual'

President Donald Trump took different swipe astatine ESPN property Stephen A. Smith arsenic the 2 traded barbs implicit the president’s attendance astatine the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals game.

Smith initially said Trump’s attendance would beryllium a detriment to NBA fans and the city. Trump was asked to respond to Smith’s comments by Fox News Digital/OutKick connected Monday night. The president said helium wasn’t definite that Smith had the "aptitude" oregon a "high IQ" to tally for office.

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President Donald Trump, left, and ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith, right, are shown successful a divided representation aft Trump responded to Smith’s comments astir the Knicks’ NBA Finals loss. (Getty Images)

The ESPN "First Take" prima criticized Trump further connected the amusement and connected his ain podcast. He questioned Trump’s America First policies, policies toward the affordability situation and getting progressive successful conflicts successful the Middle East.

The president changeable backmost Wednesday morning.

"Stephen A. Smith is an arrogant fool, a debased IQ individual," Trump wrote successful a station connected Truth Social. "In different words, he’s ‘dumb arsenic a rock,’ and wholly unqualified to ever deliberation of moving for precocious governmental office, oregon adjacent debased governmental office, for that matter!

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President Donald Trump speaks successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington connected June 10, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

"He’d get annihilated successful a statement by the astir incompetent of politicians. Joe Biden’s present ‘fabled’ show would look large by examination to thing that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much! Within a fewer weeks, they’d laughter him retired of politics!!!"

Smith has teased a imaginable statesmanlike tally successful the past.

He added that helium was lone being captious of Trump for going to the Knicks’ crippled – thing political.

"To spell there, knowing the inconvenience it would origin and knowing that thousands of radical who would beryllium displaced close extracurricular the Garden with their ticker parties, which built and fomented a level of momentum, you should beryllium capable to admit due to the fact that you were live astatine the property of 26, the past clip we had thing similar this successful New York City and you being a Queens, New York, native, you should cognize better," helium said. "But this was the latest illustration of you reasoning astir yourself."

Stephen A. Smith (C) attends a hoops crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks astatine Crypto.com Arena connected March 06, 2025 successful Los Angeles, California. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

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The Knicks are backmost successful enactment connected Wednesday nighttime against the San Antonio Spurs for Game 4. New York owns a 2-1 bid lead.