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Saturday, October 17, 2026

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith discussed his Thursday dinner with President Donald Trump, singer Kid Rock, and "Real Time" host Bill Maher, telling CNN during a Friday appearance on "Laura Coates Live" that he didn't expect the White House event to last more than 30 minutes " only for it to run over four hours. "He was saying, I'm going to campaign, I'm going to go all over this country, I'll do whatever I have to do to help whoever I have to do, because the people love me,'" Smith recalled Friday. "I said, Sir, the polls show you in the 30-percentile in terms of popularity,'" Smith continued. "He said, Did you know that 99% of the Republicans actually approve of me? So, the people out there that are conservatives ... they love me, I love them, they will vote the way that I want them to vote.' That's how he feels. That's the level of confidence that he has."

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What a complete buffoon.

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"I said, Sir, the polls show you in the 30-percentile in terms of popularity,'" Smith continued.

"He said, Did you know that 99% of the Republicans actually approve of me? So, the people out there that are conservatives ... they love me, I love them, they will vote the way that I want them to vote.' That's how he feels. That's the level of confidence that he has."

Smith noted that Maher told Trump during their dinner that this self-confidence won't necessarily help Republicans "running for office or for re-election" in the midterms.

Several GOP candidates have already distanced themselves from Trump ahead of November."

He doesn't care. The Grift has about played out now, and it's time to move on from his bankrupt Casino... oh, I mean country.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-17 05:47 PM | Reply

... they will vote the way that I want them to vote. ...

I had thought that candidates had to earn the votes, and not just tell Americans how they have to vote ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-17 06:07 PM | Reply

Fucking maher is a pathetic piece of shit

#3 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-17 06:28 PM | Reply

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