Stephen A Smith reveals what he told President Trump at WH dinner

[0:01] LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTED A DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE, [0:05] FOUR AND A HALF HOURS, BILL MAHR, KID ROCK, OUR BUDDY STEVEN A. SMITH, [0:09] AND DESPITE THEIR VARYING POLITICAL VIEWS, KID ROCK SAID THEY HAD, [0:12] WELL, FOUND ONE HUGE AREA OF AGREEMENT. TAKE A LISTEN. [0:16] LAST NIGHT, I'M HAVING DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE PRESIDENT, [0:18] BILL MAHR, AND STEVEN A. SMITH. [0:20] ONE THING WE ALL WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREED ON IS THAT SOCIALISM AND [0:25] COMMUNISM HAS NO PLACE TO HAVE A FOOTHOLD IN OUR GOVERNMENT. [0:28] AND THIS GUY IS SCREAMING SOCIALISM. [0:31] HOW DID THAT DINNER GO? [0:33] YEAH, SORRY, LORENCE. [0:34] HOW DID THE DINNER GO? [0:35] BECAUSE IT WAS THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE DONE THIS, RIGHT? [0:37] IT WAS EPIC. [0:38] AND THE THING THAT I THINK WAS THE GREATEST, [0:40] THERE'S SO MANY POINTS I COULD DO A WHOLE HOUR ON IT, [0:43] IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO DEMOCRATS, TWO REPUBLICANS, [0:47] SIT DOWN, BREAK BREAD. [0:49] ALL RIGHT, HERE WITH MORE ON LAST NIGHT'S DINNER, [0:51] OUR VERY GOOD FRIEND, ESPN HOST, PODCAST HOST, [0:54] ALL AROUND STAR, RADIO, AND HE LETS YOU KNOW IT [0:58] EVERY TIME YOU TALK TO HIM, THE ONE AND ONLY STEVE AND I. [1:00] ALL RIGHT, ONE LITTLE SIDE NOTE BEFORE WE GET STARTED. [1:04] I COULD HAVE BEEN AT THAT DINNER, TRUE OR FALSE? [1:07] THANK GOD YOU WERE NOT. [1:09] I WAS SCARED TO DEATH THAT YOU WERE GOING TO GO. [1:11] I DID NOT WANT YOU TO COME. [1:13] I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO COME. [1:15] BECAUSE BILL MAHR INVITED ME. [1:17] AND TRUMP INVITED HIM, AND BILL MAHR INVITED ME AS HIS GUEST. [1:20] AND I DIDN'T WANT YOU AROUND BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE JUST DONE, [1:25] YOU WOULD HAVE PROTECTED TRUMP AT EVERY TURN. [1:26] AND ANY QUESTION WE ASKED, YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ANSWERED FOR HIM. [1:29] SO I DIDN'T WANT THAT. [1:31] THAT'S SO NOT TRUE. [1:33] HE'S MORE THAN CAPABLE OF ANSWERING FOR HIMSELF. [1:35] I KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAVE STOPPED YOU, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. [1:37] I'M SAYING IT WOULDN'T HAVE STOPPED YOU. [1:39] I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU. [1:40] IT WOULDN'T HAVE STOPPED YOU. [1:42] THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. [1:42] YOU'VE TOOK OVER. [1:43] JUST LIKE YOU TAKE OVER EVERYTHING ELSE. [1:45] NO, I LOVE GOOD DEBATES, YOU KNOW. [1:48] ALL RIGHT, SO FOUR AND A HALF HOURS. [1:50] TAKE US INSIDE THAT LONG DINNER. [1:55] WELL, WE GOT THERE, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THE STAFF WAS GREAT. [1:58] A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE THERE. [2:01] THAT'S NUMBER ONE. [2:01] GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY JUST TO GIVE THEM THEIR KUDOS. [2:03] AND THEN WHEN WE WERE THERE, HULTIMATELY, HE BROUGHT US INTO THE OVAL OFFICE. [2:07] WE SPENT SOME TIME IN THERE, YOU KNOW, TOOK US FOR A TOUR OF WHERE THE NEW HELIPORT IS, [2:12] WHERE THE UFC EVENT WAS HELD MONTHS AGO, YOU KNOW, SHOWED US THE BALLROOM AND THE CONSTRUCTION [2:17] THAT WAS TAKING PLACE THERE. [2:18] TOOK US TO THE WEST WING. [2:20] AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE JUST SEEMED TO BE REAL APPRECIATIVE OF THE HISTORY THAT EXISTED INSIDE [2:24] THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS. [2:27] OF COURSE, HE SHOWED THE NEW ROSE GARDEN AND HOW THE GRASS IS GONE AND THEY PUT SOME HARD [2:32] FLOORS THERE SO IT LOOKED MORE PRESENTABLE, WHICH IT DID. [2:35] UH, NATURALLY, HE WALKED US DOWN THE COLONNADE SECTION WHERE THERE ARE PICTURES OF EVERY SINGLE [2:42] PRESIDENT FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UP TO HIM, EXCLUDING ONE, WHICH IS JOE BIDEN. [2:48] AND INSTEAD OF JOE BIDEN'S FACE BEING THERE, HE'S GOT AN AUTO PIN, A PICTURE OF AN AUTO PIN THERE. [2:53] I SAID, NOW, THAT'S JUST CRUEL. [2:54] THAT'S JUST CRUEL. [2:54] AND HE WAS LIKE, IT'S FUNNY, THOUGH. [2:56] IT'S FUNNY. [2:56] SO THAT'S JUST HIM. [2:58] AND, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT, [3:01] HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION. [3:03] AND TO HIS CREDIT, HE WAS INCREDIBLY HOSPITABLE. [3:06] AND HE DID NOT DUCK ANY ISSUE. [3:08] WE SAT THERE, AND WE COULD HAVE STAYED THERE FOR ANOTHER HOUR. [3:11] WE DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN AND CATCH FLIGHTS TO GET THE HELL OUT OF TOWN. [3:14] IT WAS HIM THAT WAS THERE, AND HE WAS TALKING A MILE A MINUTE. [3:17] HE DIDN'T DUCK ANY SMOKE WHATSOEVER. [3:20] EVERY SINGLE ISSUE THAT BILL MARR OR MYSELF CONFRONTED HIM WITH, [3:24] HE HAD AN AN ANSWER FOR. [3:26] I WOULD THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WAS, THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR [3:29] WAS WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE INVOLVING HBCUs. [3:33] NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE FUTURES ACT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HE SIGNED [3:36] LEGISLATION INTO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE TO MANDATE $255 MILLION ANNUALLY [3:42] TO HBCUs. [3:43] I WAS MAKING THE POINT TO HIM, SHAWN, WHICH WAS MY NUMBER ONE REASON FOR BEING [3:46] THERE. [3:47] I WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT TO HIM THAT BECAUSE OF HIS FIXATION ON HIS OPPOSITION, [3:54] RATHER, THE DEI, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FEDERAL GOV, THE FEDS, [3:59] HAD ALLOCATED THOSE FUNDS FOR HBCUs, THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT IS THAT PRIVATE [4:05] CORPORATIONS OUT THERE THAT ARE CHARITABLE AND PHILANTHROPIC IN NATURE [4:09] THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO HBCUs HAD CURVED SOME OF THAT SPENDING TO SOME DEGREE, [4:14] BECAUSE THEY WERE HESITANT THAT THEY'D BE TARGETED FOR, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING RACIAL [4:18] PREFERENCES AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE. [4:20] AND I SAID TO HIM, YOU'RE A CONSERVATIVE IN OFFICE. [4:23] YOU BELIEVE IN FREE MARKET CAPITALISM. [4:25] YOU BELIEVE IN LESS GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE GOING OUT THERE AND OPERATING WITHIN THE CONFINES [4:30] OF THE FREE MARKET TO REALLY GENERATE REVENUE. [4:32] WHY WOULD YOU GET IN THE WAY, IN ANY WAY, OF CORPORATIONS DOING THIS, INTENTIONAL OR NOT? [4:38] AND HE TOOK HEED TO THAT AND SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE WAS GOING TO THINK ABOUT STRONGLY [4:42] AND THAT HE WAS MEETING WITH HIS PEOPLE NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THAT VERY ISSUE. [4:45] STEPHEN A, I WAS ON YOUR PODCAST LAST WEEK AND I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH YOU. [4:50] WE HAD A GOOD TIME. [4:50] WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES. [4:56] DONALD TRUMP IS THE GUY THAT MADE IT PERMANENT. [4:58] YOU ARE RIGHT IN SAYING THAT. [4:59] YES. [4:59] AND GUARANTEED MORE MONEY. [5:01] NO OTHER PRESIDENT DID THAT. [5:03] THESE COLLEGES WOULD HAVE TO GO EVERY SINGLE YEAR. [5:05] IF YOU GO BACK TO HIS FIRST TERM BEFORE COVID, WE HAD THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT FOR [5:10] AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANIC-AMERICANS, ASIAN-AMERICANS, WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE, [5:14] AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT. [5:16] RIGHT NOW WE SEE THAT THE LOWEST 25% OF WAGE EARNERS ARE DOING THE BEST. [5:21] WE HAVE THE LOWEST POVERTY RATE EVER IN HISTORY AND THE HIGHEST MEDIAN INCOME IN HISTORY. [5:25] I KNOW GAS PRICES ARE HIGH, BUT THEY'RE HIGHEST IN BLUE STATES AND CITIES BECAUSE THEY TAX THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF IT. [5:35] IN FAIRNESS TO HIM, HE BROUGHT THAT UP. [5:37] AND WHEN I BROUGHT UP NUMBERS ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 200,000 TO 300,000 BLACK WOMEN, [5:41] YOU KNOW, WITHOUT JOBS BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL CUTS THAT WERE INSTITUTED THE MINUTE HE RETURNED TO OFFICE, [5:47] HE CHALLENGED THOSE NUMBERS, NUMBER ONE. [5:50] HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW A LOT OF THEM ARE THRIVING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. [5:54] AND I SAID, RESPECTFULLY, SIR, THAT'S NOT THE SENTIMENT EMANATING OUT OF MY COMMUNITY. [5:59] THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU HEAR BLACK WOMEN TALKING ABOUT. [6:01] AND SO EVEN THOUGH YOU BRING UP WHAT TRANSPIRED IN 2019 AND BEYOND, SEAN, BECAUSE OF COVID OR WHAT HAVE YOU, [6:07] THE REASON WHY WE DON'T THINK MUCH ABOUT THAT IS BECAUSE NOBODY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ECONOMY RIGHT BEFORE COVID TOOK PLACE. [6:12] BECAUSE WE THOUGHT HE WAS ENROUTE TO CAPTURING A SECOND TERM WITH EASE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY WAS THRIVING AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME BECAUSE COVID SET IN. [6:20] ONCE HE RETURNED BACK TO OFFICE AFTER BIDEN WAS IN OFFICE AND HE MADE SOME OF THESE CUTS, [6:25] WELL, THE PEOPLE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY ARE FEELING IT. [6:27] AND WHAT THEY WOULD TELL YOU IS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOW, AND I SAID THIS TO HIM, [6:32] SOMETIMES IT COMES ACROSS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING TO CNBC OR CEOs OR SOMETHING, [6:36] AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE AT THE KITCHEN TABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE FEELING IT. [6:39] AND YOU'VE USED THAT ANALOGY ON MANY OCCASIONS IN THE PAST WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE [6:43] ACTUALLY FEELING AT THE TABLE. [6:45] SO HE MAY HAVE THE NUMBERS. [6:47] AND I SAID TO HIM, WE'RE NOT FEELING IT. [6:49] NOT FROM OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR EYES, IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS. [6:53] AND I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE CORRECT, YOU GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MESSAGING. [6:58] EVERY AMERICAN FELT IT A LOT WORSE UNDER JOE BIDEN. [7:02] EVERY AMERICAN. [7:03] AND HE HAD THE MOST PREVENTABLE NATIONAL SECURITY DISASTER LYING ABOUT THE BORDER IS CLOSED, [7:08] THE BORDER IS SECURE. [7:09] THEY WERE LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH. [7:10] BY THE WAY, NEXT TIME, I'M SHOWING UP. [7:14] YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? [7:15] BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT ME TO GO. [7:17] I DON'T WANT YOU TO SHOW UP NEXT TIME. [7:18] I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SHOW UP THIS TIME. [7:20] BUT YOU CAN SHOW UP NEXT TIME. [7:21] YOU CAN COME TO THIS. [7:22] YOU CAN DO THAT NEXT TIME. [7:24] BUT LAST NIGHT, STUFF NEEDED TO BE DISCUSSED. [7:27] AND DAMMIT, CHORN HANNITY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY. [7:29] CHORN HANNITY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY. [7:33] NO, I WOULD HAVE SAD BACK AND ENJOYED THE SHOW. [7:36] IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT SHOW. [7:38] YOU HAVE JUST LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [7:41] YOU HAVE JUST LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [7:43] YOU HAVE JUST LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [7:45] YOU'RE NOT CAPABLE OF JUST LAYING BACK, SITTING BACK AND CHILLING. [7:48] I WOULD LAY BACK AND WATCH THE SHOW. [7:51] YOU? [7:51] DONALD TRUMP CAN HANDLE YOU, BILL MAHR, YOU KNOW, ANY ALL COMERS. [7:56] TRUE OR FALSE, DID HE ENJOY IT OR NOT? [8:00] DID YOU THINK HE ENJOYED IT? [8:01] OF COURSE HE HAD A GOOD TIME. [8:04] ALL OF US DID. [8:04] FIRST OF ALL, LET'S GIVE CREDIT. [8:06] HE WAS INCREDIBLY HOSPITABLE. [8:09] AND I GIVE HIM CREDIT. [8:10] HE DID NOT DUCK ONE SINGLE QUESTION. [8:14] BILL MAHR DID A LOT OF THE QUESTIONING. [8:16] DID A LOT OF THE TALKING. [8:17] IT WAS HIS DINNER. [8:18] I WAS THERE. [8:18] ONE LAST QUESTION. [8:19] SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW FUNNY DO YOU THINK HE IS IN PERSON? [8:26] SEAN, I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. [8:29] DO YOU KNOW WHY? [8:30] I'VE KNOWN DONALD TRUMP FOR OVER 35 YEARS. [8:33] WE JUST DIDN'T TALK OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. [8:35] HIS PERSONALITY IS HIS PERSONALITY. [8:37] HE IS FUNNY. [8:38] FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THE SHOW THAT NEVER GET TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM, [8:41] WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE HIM ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, 10 BEING THE FUNNIEST? [8:44] DONALD TRUMP CAN BE HILARIOUS, BUT AT TIMES HIS HUMOR COMES THROUGH CRUELTY. [8:51] GIVE ME A NUMBER. [8:52] I GOT TO GO. [8:53] SEVEN. [8:54] BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CRUEL. [8:58] HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CRUEL. [8:59] THAT'S WHAT WE DO TO JOE BIDEN. [9:02] WHY ARE YOU MESSING WITH JOE BIDEN? [9:03] LET THE MAN REST IN PEACE. [9:04] LET HIM GO HOME AND REST IN PEACE. [9:05] LET THE MAN REST IN PEACE. [9:07] ALL RIGHT. [9:07] YOU JUST TOOK A BIGGER SHOT THAN DONALD TRUMP EVER TOOK. [9:10] YOU BASICALLY SAY HE'S DEAD FROM THE NECK UP. [9:12] NO. [9:13] I'M STILLING. [9:13] THE GUY I DON'T THINK KNOWS WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS. [9:16] I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT SINCE 2019. [9:17] ALL RIGHT. [9:18] STEVE. [9:19] ALL RIGHT. [9:19] THANKS FOR WATCHING. [9:20] CHECK OUT MY NEW PODCAST HANGING OUT WITH ME, SEAN HANNITY. [9:22] THE BIG INTERVIEWS, THE DEBATES YOU WON'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE. [9:25] LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.