— to come to the White House for the medal as either a distraction or ego boost. For his part, Cousy not only accepted but he called Trump “the most extraordinary president in my lifetime.” West, who voted for President Obama in 2008, accepted but I’m told he did so out of respect for the office, not as an endorsement of any politician or party.
Fast-forward to today and here Trump is again trying to employ the same playbook — except that Belichick saw the blitz coming and scripted a play so complete in its rebuke of Trumpism that the only thing missing was Chris Berman saying, “He-could-go-all-the-way.” More than half of the recipients of this administration’s medals have been athletes — highlighting Trump’s genuine love of sports. That’s one of the few things he has in common with his immediate predecessor, who not only awarded the medal to icons such as Bill Russell and Billie Jean King but leveraged relationships to help support his administration.
I was at the White House in 2014 covering the announcement of Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative and seeing an impressive collection of sport figures including Magic Johnson.
LZGranderson Wrong! He doesn’t deserve this honor. He’s a FOOTBALL coach who makes A LOT of money! He’s a Trump supporter. Always has been and always will be! He only turned it down because there were dead bodies in the Capital. Otherwise, he would have gladly accepted it.
LZGranderson Why is he getting all this credit for not accepting something he was going to accept had the rest of the country not been in an outrage about what happened at the Capitol building? It's easy to say no now. He'd be a dumbass to accept.
LZGranderson No he doesn’t.
LZGranderson Those who got their Medal of Freedom during the Trump years get an astrisk *.
LZGranderson And now Luxembourg turned down a meeting with Pompeo today. I challenge 80% of Trumpers to even know what continent it's on.
LZGranderson Trump will go down as the worst president in U.S. history!
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