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Trump suggests LeBron James is 'racist,' backs Michael Jordan as a 'friend'
JusttheNews.com ^ | July 24, 2026 | Misty Severi

Posted on 07/24/2026 2:53:30 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

President Donald Trump said Friday that he rates former basketball star Michael Jordan over LeBron James, suggesting that the latter was "maybe a racist."

The president's comments come after it was reported earlier Friday that the 41-year-old sports star James has signed a two-year $8 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, marking the fourth team in his career.

Trump was asked where he stands on LeBron versus Michael Jordan as the best basketball player ever during an unrelated announcement in the Oval Office, to which the president stated that he "only like[s] people who like me."

“Michael Jordan’s a guy that’s a friend of mine. I golf with him. He’s a really good guy,” Trump said. “I think LeBron is maybe he’s a racist, but maybe he doesn’t like Trump. I don’t know. I only like people that like me, so I would say Michael Jordan all the way."

The comment is not a surprise given James' criticism of the president. James said in 2018 that Trump does not care about Americans and that the words that come from Trump's mouth are "laughable" and "scary."

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1 posted on 07/24/2026 2:53:30 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Is LeBron James racist?
Yup.
2 posted on 07/24/2026 2:57:19 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: MinorityRepublican

LET’S GO SIXERS! Still love Trump.


3 posted on 07/24/2026 2:59:21 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

That’s just silly.

Everybody knows that it’s impossible for a black person to be a racist. /s


4 posted on 07/24/2026 3:01:15 PM PDT by Fresh Wind
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Recency Bias” causes people today to argue about who was the greatest of all time: Michael Jordan or Lebron James.

However, the correct answer is Wilt Chamberlain.


5 posted on 07/24/2026 3:02:39 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands (If someone says that there are no absolutes, ask them if they are absolutely sure.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Pretty damn funny for a man who is a racist, thinks racist, but gladly extends his hand to accept money/contract do eagerly from the ones he calls racist.

To me, that makes him look just like Stephen in that Django movie.


6 posted on 07/24/2026 3:02:58 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: MinorityRepublican

He’s not wrong about lebrainless.


7 posted on 07/24/2026 3:04:27 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: SmokingJoe

Total racist muzzie.


8 posted on 07/24/2026 3:04:30 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: MinorityRepublican

Lebron James said of his youth “it took me a while to adjust to white people”.....

Imagine if any white person said, “it took me a while to adjust to blacks”....


9 posted on 07/24/2026 3:08:34 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why is Trump helping LeBron by giving him even more attention that he is already getting?


10 posted on 07/24/2026 3:10:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: cowboyusa

Are you depressed the Sixers signed LeBron?


11 posted on 07/24/2026 3:10:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: wardamneagle; SmokingJoe
Total racist muzzie.

I am not a fan of LeBron James, but he has not remotely been connected to Islam. He is Christian, and his mother is a minister. Neither of us may agree with his Christian beliefs, but sadly, we are probably in the minority.

His Chinese masters would prefer he is atheist, and maybe he is in some ways.

In his heart, his faith is probably Flopology.

12 posted on 07/24/2026 3:14:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MinorityRepublican

I got kicked off Twitter for making fun of LeeBrown Jimmy the racist years ago.

What a floppin’ clown.


13 posted on 07/24/2026 3:14:35 PM PDT by kiryandil (Democraps are gay-Islamic-race-communists )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Im glad that LeDouche is gone from the Lakers, took a crapload of money and did NOTHING here, 2020 was a fluke due to covid, they were playing in a bubble so if it had been a regular season who knows what might have happened..so he takes a huge paycut and goes to Philly to get himself an easy ring, watch now he will get all the calls in his favor


14 posted on 07/24/2026 3:18:58 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: God luvs America

LeBron had a house in Calabasas, cant get more white than that


15 posted on 07/24/2026 3:19:28 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: MinorityRepublican

LeBron IS a racist... By his own admission.

LeBron said “I don’t have no white friends... I don’t want no white friends” a while back.


16 posted on 07/24/2026 3:19:42 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: nickcarraway

No, excited!


17 posted on 07/24/2026 3:21:58 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

LeBron’s mouth often gets too far ahead of his brain.
Sometimes, they never do catch up to each other before he finishes with his latest ‘thots’.


18 posted on 07/24/2026 3:29:54 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: MinorityRepublican

Trump gives LBJ more publicity. He doesn’t get nearly enough.

I don’t care what Trump thinks about sports figures.


19 posted on 07/24/2026 3:32:27 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: MinorityRepublican
How dare Trump insult this great American intellectual!


20 posted on 07/24/2026 3:32:58 PM PDT by montag813
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