Stephen A. Smith gives uncensored verdict on Donald Trump... and why he'd beat every Democrat if he runs for president in 2028

Stephen A. Smith has branded Donald Trump a 'pain successful the a**' since his instrumentality to the White House and teased a imaginable statesmanlike bid successful 2028.

The ESPN prima besides vowed he'd bushed 'every candidate' and revealed what would person to hap for him to tally for bureau successful a wide-ranging, exclusive interrogation with DailyMail.com successful New Orleans up of the Super Bowl.

A caller canvass revealed that Smith would person much enactment than respective big-name Democrat statesmanlike hopefuls successful the nation's adjacent election.

The sports expert has not shied distant from delivering bold governmental takes successful the aftermath of Trump's emphatic triumph implicit Kamala Harris successful the polls past November.

As a effect of his blistery takes, which person gone viral, Smith has generated a batch of enactment for a imaginable statesmanlike bid. 

In caller weeks, Smith shocked Bill Maher's audience with his blunt verdict connected wherefore Trump won a 2nd word successful the White House - and admitted wherefore helium feels similar a 'damn fool' for supporting Harris.

And, though helium has played down the imaginable of himself moving for office, Smith did permission the doorway unfastened for a imaginable statesmanlike tally successful 2028.

When asked what he'll beryllium doing successful 4 years, Smith said: 'I'll inactive beryllium doing sports, but besides my dependable volition not slice from the governmental landscape.

'You know, alternatively than speech astir maine being an elected authoritative oregon a runner for the president of the United States, however astir if I'm idiosyncratic with a dependable arsenic beardown arsenic Sean Hannity's, arsenic beardown arsenic Mark Levin's, arsenic beardown arsenic Rachel Maddow. How astir that? 

'Because that's much plausible. However, I volition confess, similar I said, I person nary tendency to bash this, but assuming that I'm good off, that I person tons of money, and wealth is nary longer a concern, if the American radical came to maine and looked astatine maine and said "Yo, man, we privation you to tally for office", and I had a morganatic changeable to triumph the presidency of the United States, I'm not gonna lie. I'll deliberation astir that.

'But I gotta person my money. I'm not gonna spell to the White House broke. I'm not gonna bash that. I gotta person my money. I gotta person my home. I gotta person my fiscal concern wholly taken attraction of. I person nary concerns if that happens for me.

'If they told maine I had a legitimate, bonafide changeable to triumph the presidency of the United States of America, I would entertain it.

'Because the portion that I'm not joking astir is I judge I could bushed each campaigner connected that poll. Every campaigner that they mentioned, from Kamala Harris close connected down to (Pete) Buttigieg and to Tim Walz. I'd bushed each of them. I bash judge that. I truly do.'

Smith's claims travel aft John McLaughlin - who was Trump's main pollster - held a nationalist survey of 1,000 wide predetermination voters past month. 

Among the questions helium asked was: 'Thinking up to the 2028 Democratic superior predetermination for president, if that predetermination were held contiguous among the pursuing candidates, for whom would you vote?'

Two percent said they would take ESPN prima Smith. That is much than the likes of Beto O'Rourke - who ran for the information successful 2020 - and JB Pritzker, the politician of Illinois (both 1 percent).

Remarkably, Smith polled lone 1 percent constituent down Tim Walz - Harris' vice-presidential prime - and Pennsylvania politician Josh Shapiro.

Harris was overwhelmingly the No 1 choice, with a 3rd of voters (33 percent) saying they would ballot for the erstwhile vice president - contempt her decision by Trump successful November.

When asked what helium has made of Trump's archetypal fewer weeks backmost successful the White House, Smith said helium agreed with the president connected the contented of transgender athletes successful women's sports but was 'suspect' astir Elon Musk.

He added: 'Oh, he's been a symptom successful the a**. There's nary uncertainty astir it. I don't similar immoderate of the worldly that I've seen.

'Don't get maine wrong, I hold with his enforcement bid conscionable contiguous connected the full transgender contented with sports, due to the fact that I don't judge that radical calved antheral transitioning to pistillate should beryllium competing successful women's sports. But that doesn't mean that I privation transgenders oregon anybody from an LGBTQ+ assemblage to beryllium ostracized successful immoderate way.

'I americium fishy astir Elon Musk. He's not an elected official. He hasn't been confirmed. So to springiness him this benignant of power, wherever he's got entree to the Treasury, erstwhile you're looking astatine checks and got entree to people's fiscal portfolios, I got a occupation with that. 

'However, we person had immoderate crooks successful our state for rather immoderate clip who person been robbing the American radical of their money. And if this dude is going to exposure them, I'm down for that. 

'You spot the difference? That's a cleanable illustration of what I'm talking about. I'm not comfy with him being that guy, but I americium comfy with what Donald Trump is trying to bash erstwhile it comes to exposing the crooks that person taken payer money. 

'So again, there's a medium. It's not acold left, acold right, it's neither. It's determination successful the middle. And I pridefulness myself connected being the centrist and getting arsenic adjacent to the halfway arsenic possible, due to the fact that everything successful beingness erstwhile you're talking astir peace, there's ne'er bid erstwhile 1 broadside oregon the different gets everything they want.

'There's bid erstwhile there's compromise and everybody agrees to compromise. That's the benignant of idiosyncratic that I would be, whether I'm an elected authoritative oregon not.'