{"id":7180,"date":"2026-07-24T22:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7180"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:35:38","slug":"trump-suggests-lebron-james-may-be-a-racist-escalating-their-long-running-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7180","title":{"rendered":"Trump suggests LeBron James may be \u2018a racist,\u2019 escalating their long-running feud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            President Donald Trump suggested that basketball superstar LeBron James might be \u201ca racist,\u201d telling reporters Friday that \u201cI only like people that like me.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7178\">Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for \u2018misleading\u2019 prediction market documentary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump was asked about James\u2019 decision to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers and whether he thought James was a better player than NBA legend Michael Jordan.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWell, Michael Jordan\u2019s a guy that\u2019s a friend of mine,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI think LeBron is, maybe he\u2019s a racist, but maybe he doesn\u2019t like Trump. I don\u2019t know, but I only like people that like me, so I would say Michael Jordan all the way.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The remarks represented the latest salvo in a long-running war of words between the president and James, who earlier on Friday announced he would return for a record 24th year in the NBA rather than retire.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            James endorsed Hillary Clinton in her 2016 run against Trump, writing at the time that \u201cwe need a president who brings us together and keeps us unified.\u201d After Trump won that election, the two clashed more directly over the president\u2019s decision to rescind a White House invite to the Golden State Warriors following their championship win.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cU bum,\u201d James posted on social media in September 2017. \u201cGoing to the White House was a great honor until you showed up!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7170\">The best Skechers shoes for plantar fasciitis, according to podiatrists<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump lashed out at James the next year, writing that an interview the NBA all-star had done with then-CNN correspondent Don Lemon had \u201cmade Lebron look smart, which isn\u2019t easy to do.\u201d James during that interview had criticized Trump for his attacks on Black athletes who were choosing to kneel in protest against racial injustice during the national anthem.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Since then, Trump has occasionally targeted James while playing up his admiration for Jordan, who he said Friday had played golf with him and was \u201ca really good guy.\u201d James went on to endorse Joe Biden in 2020 and then back Kamala Harris in her unsuccessful run against Trump in 2024.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWhen I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me,\u201d James posted on X ahead of the 2024 election, alongside a video that contained clips of a series of offensive remarks that Trump had made.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            James is just one of the pro athletes whom Trump has criticized since first running for office a decade ago \u2014 a list that at points also included NBA stars Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=7140\">Pentagon leaves casualty totals uncorrected on website after deaths and injuries disappeared<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump suggested that basketball superstar LeBron James might be \u201ca racist,\u201d telling reporters Friday that \u201cI only like people that like me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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