Stephen A Smith debriefs interview with President Trump, warns Democrats face steep challenge

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ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith debriefed his White House interview with President Donald Trump during an appearance Thursday on “Hannity” and cautioned Democrats over the…

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith debriefed his White House interview with President Donald Trump during an appearance Thursday on “Hannity” and cautioned Democrats over the influence of the party’s far-left flank.

Smith said the pair discussed “devastating” GOP midterm losses during a 40-minute, wide-ranging interview and criticized Trump for refusing to take blame, saying he was “immovable” on that point.

“We talked about the devastating losses in the midterms and how the GOP essentially got slaughtered,” Smith told Fox News host Sean Hannity.

“I asked him, is he willing to point the finger at himself, and he was dogged… he was immovable in that regard,” he added.

Trump repeatedly told Americans during his midterm blitz to vote as if he were on the ballot, but Smith said the commander-in-chief removed himself from that narrative during their Thursday interview.

“He said, ‘I wasn’t on the ballot.’ I said, ‘That makes absolutely no sense, Mr. President. You said, put you on a ballot. That’s what you told the American people to do.’ He said, ‘Well, they didn’t do it.’ I said, ‘Well, what if they did do it and that was the reason you lost,’” Smith explained.

Smith explained why he doesn’t agree with Trump’s perception of how the midterms played out and argued that the blue wave stems from Americans being dissatisfied with his presidency.

“I think that he is somebody that is convinced his way is what it is. I just don’t agree with him,” Smith said.

“I think the American people made a statement against what they were seeing from him in terms of him not having his eye on the ball and coming across as a bit detached in their eyes,” he added.

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