Stephen A. Smith tells 'The View' he saw Trump's win coming 'a mile away'

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith told the co-hosts of "The View" helium was not amazed by the result of the 2024 election, saying President-elect Donald Trump's triumph was wide "a mile away."

"I was amazed astatine however lopsided it was. I was not amazed by the outcome. I saw the result coming from a mile away. You person to instrumentality into account, listen, we respect our President Joe Biden, but here’s the reality. He got into office. He promised to beryllium a transitional president, to beryllium a stopgap, to pave the mode for idiosyncratic other to travel connected board," Smith said, noting the Democrats' occurrence successful the 2022 midterms 

Smith continued to picture the Democratic Party's concern aft the president decided to enactment successful office, which acceptable disconnected a concatenation of events starring to Kamala Harris replacing him connected the summons and her decision astatine the hands of Trupm. 

"When helium decided to stay, the Democrats were successful a quandary due to the fact that they were expecting him to leave," helium continued. "They're astir him, they're seeing the fastball has dissipated to immoderate degree, they're seeing that he's not what helium utilized to be. And what bash you bash astir it? You grease the skids. There’s nary superior for him to experience. You fto him spell connected signifier June 27, and intelligibly helium was exposed … And past Kamala Harris is inserted. I don't blasted her 1 bit, I thought she did a phenomenal job."

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith told the co-hosts of "The View" that helium saw Donald Trump's triumph coming "a mile away." (Screenshot/ABC)

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Smith argued Harris did what she could, but argued that independents weren't swayed by her due to the fact that she was the existent vice president and did not look a superior competition. 

"You person folks that are autarkic – I’m not talking astir those connected the close oregon the left, conscionable independents who say, hold a minute, she didn’t acquisition a superior either. The past clip we saw her successful a superior was 4 years ago, and she didn’t adjacent marque it to Iowa. They utilized that arsenic an excuse to constituent to her level of inexperience. You've got the warfare successful Russia, Ukraine, you've got the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Hamas and Hezbollah and each of that stuff," helium said, earlier pointing to Trump's criticisms of Harris. 

Smith besides precocious took purpose astatine Harris' personage endorsements.

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks conceding the 2024 U.S. statesmanlike predetermination to President-elect Donald Trump astatine Howard University successful Washington connected November 6, 2024.  (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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"In the end, celebrities, who are worthy hundreds of millions, if not billions, who astir American citizens consciousness are incredibly detached from their mode of beingness and their prime of life, were not going to get distant and guilt them into doing thing antithetic than what their acquisition says is going connected and what they should bash astir it," Smith said connected a caller occurrence of his show.

He past played a clip of Oprah Winfrey saying a triumph for Trump could mean they would ne'er ballot again.

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"This is the benignant of worldly that alienates an electorate, alienates a voter," Smith said. "Because the state that you archer them you have, you effort to confiscate morally by letting them know, you ain’t worthy a damn unless you ballot the mode we accidental you should vote. Who’s going to spell for that successful a wide election? With an system rife with inflation, with implicit 12 cardinal radical crossing the border… the worth of their dollars dissipating earlier our precise eyes."