Stephen A. Smith has raised the conversation cover in 2014 when Donald Trump promised to run for president due to a vindictive vindictive against NFL.
In a broad interview with Dailymail.com at New Orleans, Smith joked his own White House career, a decade after Trump contacted before making a failed offer to buy the Buffalo Bills.
The president confirmed before the elections last year that offered $ 1 billion in cash for the NFL team in 2014, following The death of the founder and owner of the Hall of Fame Ralph Wilson.
Trump was one of the three known finalists in the battle to take care of Buffalo. A group led by the rock star Jon Bon Jovi also showed interest in acquiring the team.
In the end, however, the owners of Buffalo Sabres de Hockey, Terry and Kim Pegula, won the offer with an offer of $ 1.4 billion.
Smith can still remember what Trump told him before his offer was rejected.
Stephen A. Smith revealed that he spoke with Donald Trump before his attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills
In October, Trump opened his attempt to buy the NFL team in 2014
Terry and Kim Pegula, parents of the tennis star Jess Pegula, won the offer with $ 1.4 billion
“I am the person Donald Trump called in 2014 when I wanted to buy the Buffalo Bills,” said ESPN star.
“His exact words for me were: sorry for my language:” If the patterns get in my way, which means that NFL owners will recover them, “Smith said.
“I'm going to apply for president.” Those were his exact words. They did not miss the sale, and he ran for president.
Trump will become the first president in the first place to attend the Super Bowl when he goes to New Orleans on Sunday to see the Chiefs face the Eagles.
In October, before his electoral victory over Kamala Harris, the 78 -year -old man opened his attempt to become the owner of the NFL, insisting that “he was not” close to taking care of the invoices.
'Ojé dollars of $ 1 billion and put a letter of credit. I thought I could get it because I was in Buffalo, that I had some problems … and (Pegula) offered $ 1.4 billion, so they are $ 400 million more, 'Trump said during an appearance in the popular YouTube program'Bursin 'with the boys'
“I don't think it was a very serious race, but I gave them a guarantee of $ 1 billion, so that is always serious, right?”
He added: 'The owner who got it is a very good man. I think he has done a great job. Well, he made a great choice: he chose a great field marshal in Josh (Allen).
“He made a great choice: he chose a great field marshal in Josh (Allen),” Trump said about Pegula
Smith has more support than several renowned Democratic presidential applicants, said a survey.
The ESPN presenter was talking before Sunday Super Bowl between the Eagles and the bosses.
Smith also spoke with Dailymail.com about his own political ambitions and the controversy surrounding a 'black anthem' that was sung ahead of the Super Bowl.
A recent survey, looking towards the 2028 presidential race, revealed that the ESPN star has more political support than several renowned Democrat applicants
Surprisingly, Smith surveyed only one percentage point behind Tim Walz, the Harris vice presidential team, and the governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro.
The 57 -year -old said that he did not feel like getting tangled up in the messy politics network, but insisted: 'ASsuming that I am fine, that I have a lot Legitimate to win the presidency of the United States, I will not lie. I will think about that.
But I have to have my money. I will not go to the White House that broke. I'm not going to do that. I have to have my money. I have to have my home. I have to have my financial situation completely. I have no concerns if that happens to me.
'If they told me that I had a legitimate shot and in good faith to win the presidency of the United States of America, I would entertain it.
'Because the part that I am not joking is that I think I could overcome all the candidates in that survey. Each candidate they mentioned, from Kamala Harris to (Pete) Buttigieg and Tim Walz. I would hit them all. I believe that. I really do it.