Stephen A. Smith, hosting ESPN’s “first lifting”, rammed the Democratic Party and suggested that he had no “election” except to consider applying for a president.
“I have no choice because I have chosen employees and I will not give their names, selected employees who come to me. I have people who are specialists who have had with me. Karl.
Smith reiterated that because of the number of people asking him to consider running, he must leave the door open.
“Here’s the reality: People, literally people, approached me, including my own pastor, for shouting aloud, who said to me,” You don’t know what God planned for you. At least show respect for people who believe in you who respect you, who believe that you can make a difference in this country to leave the open door for any opportunities that are three years old. “And that’s what I decided to do.”

Stephen A. Smith talks to ABC News while appearing on “this week” April 13, 2025.
ABC News
Smith made the titles earlier this week when he said he left the door open for president in 2028. The sports commentator and host his own show – “The Show of Stephen A. Smith” – became a voice critic of the Democratic Party as a result of his extensive losses in the election of last November.
Here are more highlights of Smith’s interview:
Smith about what he has seen by Trump so far
Smith: I don’t like what I see, but I’m not surprised. I want to say that this whole tariff war is completely ridiculous. I want to say that my attitude was that he had to head to China immediately, not every nation on the planet to cry out loud, just throw tariffs on everyone. In the end, he picked up this back, as we have seen in the last few days, and the people on the right are in a weapon. In general, I have to say – I mean positively, essentially saying that this was the plan all the time. There seems to be no plan. Let’s be, let’s be very, very clear about it. It seems to be a little gambling and you know that it is just thrown to the wall to see what to stick. But in the end, you know, what you need to applaud for is to try something.
On how his thoughtful president is a democrats accusing
Smith: They speak and talk and talk. But what can they do? They position themselves to do absolutely nothing. I didn’t hear anything about the Democrats’ tariffs before the election, Trump was preaching for this for the longest time. The way people declare his strategy, he went crazy about it. They said nothing about it. Instead, they talked about everything from the culture of awakening, the culture of cancellation, to the rights of abortion and all these other things. So this would not win the election and that is what we should look at. What is it? What will it take to do the job? That is why someone who is a sports analyst to cry out loud is in the poll daggon. Yes, it’s not, it’s not someone who is big in me. This is an accusation against a Democratic Party that has no leadership. No vision.
Smith on the appearance of governor Gretchen Whitmer in the oval office
Smith: She is a governor of Michigan. She has no choice but to do so. And everyone who thinks else is just stupid and immature and childish. The fact is that it is the governor of a country in the United States of America. You have to do business with the federal government. He is the president of the United States. You can’t get around it. As a result, you should be an adult in the room and be ready to do business. And anyone who would encourage her to do otherwise is just completely ridiculous.