Stephen A Smith debriefs interview with President Trump, warns Democrats face steep challenge
Smith debriefed his White House interview with President Donald Trump during an appearance Thursday on " Hannity " and cautioned Democrats over the influence of the party's far-left flank.
Key points
- Smith said the pair discussed "devastating" GOP midterm losses during a 40-minute, wide-ranging interview and criticized Trump for refusing to take blame, saying he was "immovable" on that point.
- Please." Smith, who has lodged criticism at both Democrats and Republicans, warned that the Democratic Party faces a challenge from its far-left side.
- That's his mentality." Smith explained why he doesn’t agree with Trump’s perception of how the midterms played out and argued that the blue wave stems from Americans being dissatisfied with his presidency.
Smith called out Democrats who have declined interviews and expressed gratitude that Trump agreed to sit down with him for an interview.
Additional details
- VANCE'S SCATHING IRAN WAR POSTMORTEM PUTS POTENTIAL 2028 GOP SHOWDOWN IN FOCUS: 'EVERYONE KNOWS WHY' Smith told Fox News that Trump also gave him pushback when discussing the impact of the Iran War and tariffs on voter sentiment and the economy.
- "I definitely think that right now, the Democrats have a challenge on their hands because clearly there's a lot of people out there that view the Democratic Party as a divided party," he said.
- REPUBLICANS TURN ON TRUMP AFTER DEVASTATING MIDTERM LOSSES HAND DEMOCRATS CONTROL OF CONGRESS "He refused to accept that," he continued.
- That's what you told the American people to do.’ He said, ‘Well, they didn't do it.’ I said, ‘Well, what if they did do it and that was the reason you lost,’" Smith explained.
- "[Trump] was just very rigid and immovable in his thinking that it was blown by the people who lost and that the candidates on the Republican side simply were not good enough.
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