Stephen A. Smith had a pointed response to whether President Trump offered him the press secretary job.
“No way in hell,” the podcaster and sports commentator said after his interview with the president that aired on Mr. Smith’s YouTube channel Thursday.
Mr. Smith made his comment after exiting the White House to speak with a gaggle of reporters about his interview with the president.
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The commentator, whose main gig is with ESPN, has said publicly that taking the press secretary job would mean too big a cut in pay.
The Trump-Smith discussion covered topics such as the GOP’s midterm defeat, the Iran war and Jensen Huang’s resignation from Nvidia.
Mr. Smith, who said he’s known the president for over 30 years, told the press that “nothing” surprised him about their talk other than that Mr. Trump doesn’t blame himself for the Republican midterm losses.
Mr. Smith asked the president for an interview when he visited the White House last month as a guest of HBO host Bill Maher.
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