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Trump mocks LeBron James' intelligence and calls Don Lemon 'dumbest man' on tv

President Donald Trump lashed out at basketball star LeBron James in a scathing attack on Twitter on Friday night after James criticized the president in an interview on CNN.

The interview was aired again Friday night, and Trump responded on Twitter shortly after, insulting James’ intelligence and that of Lemon.

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

The reference to “Mike” appeared to be Trump’s way of taking sides in the debate over who is the greatest basketball player of all time: LeBron James or Michael Jordan.

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Lemon came to James’ defense Saturday morning, tweeting: “Who’s the real dummy? A man who puts kids in classrooms or one who puts kids in cages?”

During the CNN interview, James said conversations about race had “taken over” in part because “our president is kind of trying to divide us.”

“Kind of?” Lemon said.

“He is,” James said. “He’s dividing us.”

James said his involvement in sports was the first time “I ever was around someone white,” adding, “And I got an opportunity to see them and learn about them and they got an opportunity to learn about me, and we became very good friends.”

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Trump’s tweet was swiftly condemned by many on social media, including current and former NBA players like Donovan Mitchell and Anthony Tolliver.

Mitchell tweeted, “A sign of an insecure human being is one who attacks others to make themselves feel better,” adding that he was “sad that young kids have to see stupid tweets like these and grow up thinking it’s okay.”

Tolliver wrote: “I’ve been silent about ALL of the DUMB stuff this man has tweeted but THIS is attacking the NBA brotherhood and I’m not rollin’! What an embarrassment.”

As of Saturday evening, James remained silent on the matter.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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Christina Caron © 2018 The New York Times

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