After Fans Slam Jordan, He Finally Reacts To Trump’s LeBron Tweet, Gets Bashed Again

Posted On : August 4, 2018

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NBA icon, Michael Jordan, may be worth a $1.65BILLION, but right about now, many fans believe his latest statement about Donald Trump’s LeBron James tweet ain’t even worth 165 pennies. Why? Because many feel that his response is the epitome of lackluster complacency about our society. See why below.

The Tweet That Started It All

As most of us have heard by now, on Friday evening Donald Trump did what he always does- let his Twitter fingers get tuh talking and offend whomever he sees fit in that moment. After checkin’ out LeBron James’ inspiring interview with CNN’s, Don Lemon, Trump tweeted this:

Donald Trump- “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!”

The “Mike” Trump’s referring to is apparently Michael Jordan, whom many fans have increasingly compared LeBron’s career to.

Now, we can talk all day long about how incredibly insensitive and ignorant it is of Trump to slam LeBron for opening a school for inner city kids in his hometown- Akron, OH- which guarantees paid college tuitions upon their graduation. However, that convo’ isn’t needed because simply making such a statement, as the 45th president of United States, speaks volumes all on its own. Moving on…

Therefore, I wanna instead focus on the reactions NBA icon, Michael Jordan, has been receiving from many, as well as the response he finally gave nearly 34 hours later.

Almost immediately after Trump called LeBron and Don Lemon “dumb,” athletes everywhere, slammed him on social media:

https://twitter.com/spidadmitchell/status/1025719952739844098

Fans soon began to realize that Jordan was remaining silent on the matter, even though Trump brought him into the conversation. Many comments were left online, bashing Jordan’s silence, then came this…

Jordan’s Late Response

After feelin’ that heat getting a lil’ too hot in this social media kitchen, Michael Jordan pulled a wealthy person move, by responding about the incredibly offensive Trump tweet via his publicist. Here’s his statement:

NBA Legend, Matt Barnes, & Others Call Out Michael Jordan

There was one retired NBA player, who then faced Jordan head on over this- Matt Barnes. Clearly, Matt had a lil’ time on his hands within the past 24 or so, because he posted a series of messages online, to put both Trump and Jordan on full blast.

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First, Matt made a good point, that Jordan has made a fortune off his Nike Jordan brand, but typically says very little, if anything at all, to stand up against injustices and degradation against his own customers. Matt included a meme with a message that read:

Matt Barnes- “Besides selling overpriced shoes that kids are being beat up & killed over, when is Michael Jordan gonna step up & stand for & with the people that support him so much?”

He also captioned his post with this message:

MB: “Trump is the perfect example of how a man shouldn’t act! Maybe it’s the little dick syndrome ‍♂️ After he ended his insecure rant about Lebron yesterday by finishing w “I like Mike” I really feel like for once MJ should step up & say something for all of us who’ve supported this man & bought his expensive ass shoes for all these years! #ILikeLebron -Just my thoughts”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmELI7PF7ZX/

Then, Barnes gathered up a few of Trump’s past tweets, in which he completely contradicted himself, regarding his opinion about LeBron James:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmEQZV-lFeu/

Fans followed suit and bashed the hell outta Jordan over his elusive response and as y’all can already imagine, they let Jordan HAVE it! Reactions ranged from folks questioning Jordan’s motives, to accusing him of trying to play it safe so he can still sell his shoes, despite the degradation of his people:

https://twitter.com/xandergomez/status/1025805738260787200

https://twitter.com/xandergomez/status/1025805738260787200

https://twitter.com/YIhougan/status/1025822011682119681

https://twitter.com/dtheavenger/status/1025822861011890176

I think the debate over who’s better at the sport, is a valuable debate. However, a debate over whether or not Jordan is anything like LeBron- when it comes to publicly standing up against injustices (keyword being ‘publicly’), by risking his own livelihood in the process- there is no comparison. LeBron wins that hands down, but that’s not a diss, because I’m pretty sure Jordan even knows that.

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