Former WNBA star Chiney Ogwumike touts Stephen A Smith's debate skills ahead of possible presidential run

While little than six months person passed since the 2024 statesmanlike election, sports media prima Stephen A. Smith appears to already beryllium looking up to 2028.

Smith, who precocious signed a lucrative declaration hold with ESPN, often delves into governmental conversations connected his podcast, "The Stephen A. Smith Show."

During a February variation of his podcast, Smith addressed the thought of launching a bid for president a fewer years from now.

"I wanted to enactment this to furniture erstwhile and for all. … I person nary intentions of moving for the president of the United States of America," Smith said connected an occurrence of his podcast that premiered connected Feb. 17.

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But successful April, the longtime "First Take" big suggested caller events prompted him to alteration course.

STEPHEN A SMITH SAYS HE'S STRONGLY CONSIDERING PRESIDENTIAL RUN, HAS BEEN APPROACHED BY POLITICIANS

"Time to halt messing around. Life is great. Especially astatine ESPN/Disney. Hate the thought of being a politician. But sick of this mess. So I’m officially leaving each doors open," Smith wrote connected X connected April 7.

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Chiney Ogwumike, who spent 4 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks and presently works astatine ESPN, highlighted a circumstantial accomplishment that could enactment to Smith's vantage should helium yet tally for governmental office.

"I deliberation helium would beryllium the archetypal to accidental helium would not needfully privation to run, but fto maine archer you this: I anticipation helium makes the statement stage," the ESPN expert told Front Office Sports. "I deliberation helium volition much than clasp his own. There is cipher that is much prepared for a statesmanlike statement format than Stephen A., successful my opinion."

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During the National Association of Broadcasters normal successful Las Vegas successful aboriginal April, Smith made it wide that his determination to tally for bureau would yet hinge connected the authorities of the federation successful a twelvemonth oregon 2 and whether the information astatine the clip would bespeak helium had "a morganatic changeable to win."

"If it comes successful precocious 2026, 2027, wherever I look astatine this state and deliberation it’s an implicit messiness and there’s morganatic crushed to judge – whether it’s via exploratory committees oregon thing other – that I so person a morganatic changeable to triumph the presidency of the United States. I americium not going to regularisation it out, and I'm not playing." 

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President Donald Trump precocious called into NewsNation's municipality hallway connected Wednesday arsenic Smith appeared connected the network. During the call, Trump expressed enactment for a imaginable statesmanlike bid from Smith, saying the broadcaster is "a bully guy."

"Stephen A., he’s a bully guy," Trump said. "He’s a astute guy. I emotion watching him. He’s got large amusement skills, which is precise important. People ticker him.

"You know, a batch of these Democrats I watch, I say, ‘They person nary chance.’ I’ve been beauteous bully astatine picking radical and picking candidates. And I volition archer you, I’d emotion to spot him run."

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