{"id":24648,"date":"2025-03-24T14:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24648"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:52:12","slug":"donald-trump-added-lebron-james-to-white-house-ban-list-along-with-steph-curry-before-nba-final-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24648","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump added LeBron James to White House ban list along with Steph Curry before NBA final match"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Donald Trump once added LeBron James to the White House\u2019s ban list.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US President has earned a reputation for making bold, controversial and at times bizarre statements at the lectern since entering the political arena in June 2015.<\/p>\n

And during his first time in office, in June 2018,\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0told reporters that he would not invite either the Cleveland Cavaliers or Golden State Warriors to visit the White House following the conclusion of that year\u2019s NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Cavaliers forward James and Warriors guard\u00a0Steph Curry<\/a>\u00a0had previously said their respective sides had no interest in the prospect of visiting the White House.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t invite LeBron\u00a0James<\/a>, and I didn’t invite\u00a0Steph Curry.<\/a>\u00a0We’re not going to invite either team,” Trump told reporters. “But we have other teams that are coming.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look, we had Alabama \u2014 national champion. We had Clemson, national champion. We had the New England Patriots. We had the Pittsburgh Penguins last year.”<\/p>\n

Earlier that week,\u00a0James<\/a>\u00a0had admitted his side were not interested in visiting the White House, after Trump had disinvited 2018 Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles from a White House event.<\/p>\n

Trump had initially accused a selection of the Eagles\u2019 players of taking a knee in protest during the national anthem, something none of the player\u2019s did that season.<\/p>\n

The White House then tied the rescinded invite to the Eagles allegedly turning their invitation into a \u201cpolitical stunt\u201d by dramatically decreasing the size of the delegation the team would send.<\/p>\n

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James previously labelled Trump as a ‘bum’ (Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n

\u201cI know regardless of who wins this series, no one wants an invite anyway. It won\u2019t be Golden State or Cleveland going,\u201d James told reporters at the time.<\/p>\n

James, who in the past had called Trump a \u201cbum\u201d, said the President\u2019s decision to disinvite the Eagles was \u201ctypical of him\u201d, and added it was \u201claughable\u201d that the White House had not extended an invitation to then WNBA champions Minnesota Lynx.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not let someone uninviting you from their house take away from their championship,\u201d he continued. \u201cWinning a championship is way bigger than getting invited to the White House, especially with him in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Warrior ultimately claimed a 4-0 win in the finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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