“LeBron, did you ever have thoughts about going woman”- LeBron James vs Donald Trump going too far
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LeBron James and Donald Trump
It comes as no surprise to us that NBA superstar LeBron James and Former American President Donald Trump sit on opposite sides of the aisle. Be it political or social, the two hold polar different opinions and have taken shots at each other publicly. The beef came to light when Donald Trump took had a dig at LeBron James during his recent rally in Nebraska.
Donald Trump takes a dig at LeBron James
During a recent rally in Nebraska, Donald Trump adopted a different approach to please the crowd. This time he took a scathing potshot at NBA superstar LeBron James. The beef between the two has been well documented as both have had sharp words for the other in public or on social media.
“I’ll say this to LeBron James, who I don’t like very much. I’ll say, ‘LeBron, did you ever have thoughts about going, woman? Because if you did, I’d love to have you on my basketball team.”
The rift is not new. But to understand the entire case we have to rewind to 2013. In July 2013, LeBron was congratulated by Donald Trump for winning the Athlete of the Year at the ESPYS. Later in 2015, Trump praised James as ‘a tough competitor who delivers under pressure.
LeBron has had his opinions, on the political front, posted publicly previously. Trump had attempted to pull LeBron to his court with words of praise. James, being the face of the biggest basketball league in the world, would have a wide influence that would help Trump. But James had different thoughts. During the 2016 presidential campaign, James was open about his support for rival Hillary Clinton.
LeBron had just won the NBA championship for Cleveland and was ready to promote Clinton’s candidacy at various events in his home state of Ohio.
In 2017, after the Warriors won the championship, declined the invite to the White House. At the time, it was still a custom for the championship-winning team to visit the capital. The decline of Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors became the start of the public beef that we all know and still goes on to this day.
Trump later won the elections. James, despite being unhappy with the results, accepted the results. “I mean, he’s our president,” LeBron James said after the election, via ESPN. “And no matter if you agree with it or disagree with it, he’s the guy, and we all have to figure out a way that we can make America as great as it can be. We all have to do our part. Our nation has never been built on one guy, anyway. It’s been built on multiple guys, multiple people in power, multiple people having a dream and making it become a reality by giving back to the community, giving back to the youth, doing so many great things.”
Curry, as well as head coach Steve Kerr and All-Star teammate Kevin Durant, later cited their differing political stances as a reason for their withdrawal. Seeing the Warriors not showing their interest, Trump decided to revoke the invitation entirely.
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“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!”, stated Trump in his tweet on September 23rd, 2017. After seeing that Trump had revoked the Warriors’ invitation to the White House, LeBron decided to stand up for Curry and his teammates. In a fiery tweet, he called the president a “bum,” then explained why Golden State wasn’t coming:
Curry appreciated James’ strong words“That’s a pretty strong statement,” Curry said, via NBA.com. “I think it’s bold, it’s courageous for any guy to speak up, let alone a guy that has as much to lose as LeBron does and other notable figures in the league. We all have to kind of stand as one the best we can. For me, the question of how things have gone all summer if I wanted to go to the White House or not, I told you yesterday being very transparent about what my vote would have been in a meeting had we had one, based on just trying to let people know I didn’t want to be applauded for an accomplishment on the court when the guy that would be doing the patting on the back is somebody I don’t think respects the majority of Americans in this country.”
The beef went back and forth with James saying in an interview that the president “doesn’t give a F about the people.” Trump did not spare taking a shot at LeBron either. In 2018, after James’ interview for CNN, Trump in a tweet, stated ‘Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!’. Trump has gone as far as to say ‘LJ sucks’.
Donald Trump calls out LeBron James with the transgender jibe
In continuation to the beef, Trump in recent rally said, ‘I’ll say this to LeBron James, who I don’t like very much. I’ll say, ‘LeBron, did you ever have thoughts about going woman? Because if you did, I’d love to have you on my basketball team.’
The comment was supposed to be a dig at James by attempting to insult his manhood and calling out his beliefs. But some interpreted it as an Insult to WNBA and transgender athletes. The beef is not new and with the situation right now, it does not seem to be ending anytime soon.
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