ESPN star Stephen A. Smith aimed a brutal verbal shot at the New Orleans Saints outside the White House Thursday, mere minutes after interviewing President Donald Trump.
Earning twenty million dollars annually, Smith spent forty minutes with Trump inside the White House taping an explosive episode for his personal YouTube show Thursday afternoon.
Inside, Trump and Smith skipped football entirely, debating sweeping Republican midterm losses, escalating war tensions with Iran, and former NVIDIA chief Jensen Huang’s shocking resignation scandal.
Stepping outside toward waiting reporters, Smith bluntly rejected rumors about becoming White House press secretary by declaring "no way in hell" before questions turned toward football.
Asked directly whether Trump could rescue the struggling franchise as team owner, Smith never hesitated before ruthlessly declaring, "Nobody can turn around the New Orleans Saints," before cameras.
Smith has relentlessly mocked Who Dat Nation throughout another frustrating campaign, ridiculing New Orleans’ championship drought since February 2010 while Kellen Moore’s squad sits at three and five.
However, what surfaced publicly Friday morning alongside Smith’s viral White House taunt ignited genuine outrage across Louisiana, exposing where billionaire owner Gayle Benson directed outside spending recently.
Federal Election Commission filings reviewed by Front Office Sports revealed Benson funneled fifty-eight thousand dollars through political committees including the NRSC Victory Fund before November’s midterm losses.
Those political contributions supported out-of-state Republican Senate campaigns for Pete Ricketts and Tim Scott alongside thousands more backing outside congressional candidates while New Orleans pinched football pennies.
Adding further sting Friday morning, commentators recalled Trump balking at fifty-million-dollar NFL franchise price tags in 1984, right before Tom Benson bought New Orleans for seventy million.
Back then, Trump famously mocked prospective NFL buyers by warning he pitied anyone purchasing an ailing franchise, before Tom Benson’s bold investment eventually delivered Super Bowl XLIV.
Although the Benson family once brought a Lombardi Trophy to Louisiana, watching leadership fund outside political campaigns while selling roster talent left local fans livid Friday morning.
Across New Orleans sports radio and fan forums, furious supporters blasted general manager Mickey Loomis for shipping defender Davon Godchaux to Jacksonville instead of buying deadline help.
Despite escaping with a thrilling 23-22 overtime victory over Cleveland last Sunday, New Orleans faces a high-stakes Week Ten divisional clash against Carolina inside Caesars Superdome.
Watching Stephen A. Smith humiliate New Orleans from Pennsylvania Avenue days before Sunday’s critical NFC South battle against Carolina only deepened local anger toward front-office inaction.
Until Gayle Benson and Metairie executives invest aggressively in championship football talent rather than outside political causes, Smith’s brutal White House insult will haunt Who Dat Nation.
