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- Thomas: As we all know, LeBron James has signed with the Philadelphia seventy sixers. And you know, we we have important figure being questioned about this. Let's see what he has to say. Malcolm: There are so many things that you can like dissect from this clip and call out. I don't know, bro. Like I'm not gonna lie, for any not even for him, right? But for any I feel like any leader of a country, any leader of a like major political figure to come out and say, Whether it's a joke or not, I only like people who like me. So tell you everything that you need to know about their character, bro. Like everything that you need to know about who they are as a person. It's just like you just you just gave away your bias and like because he doesn't like you, you don't like him. So he's all like he's a racist because he doesn't like you. How does what type of logic is that, bro? Like he he literally trolls every clip I see in him. And it's like it's getting to the point now where it's like just rage bait, bro. It's like if you if you let him rage bait you, he's winning. So Thomas: Maybe he's a racist. Malcolm: Yeah, I don't I just don't understand it, bro. Thomas: That's like like that's just cra like it's so funny to me because like I don't know how else to respond to the like that Malcolm: Well Thomas: that's just a out outlandish thing to say. I mean I I hope that the president Malcolm: He's ridiculous. Thomas: of of the United States is in his like is in a healthy mind for a bunch of reasons. but it it's a shame if people people can't face the music and know what's going on. People need I I want everyone To be aware when it's time to face the consequences of your actions. And he he has a lot of He has a lot of con a lot of actions that have a lot of consequences that we're all facing every single day, whether you agree with it or not. so it's only fair that, you know, the same same same should apply. so I I hope that, you know, maybe he was making a joke. Malcolm: No, that that wasn't a joke. No, he was serious. He 'cause I mean, I know I know Brown has had like several like remarks like publicly where that he has made it known. He made he's I'm sure he's made it known that he doesn't like him. Like I think he's yeah, yeah, he he's been doing this since like twenty twenty, twenty twenty one. So, I know he he endorsed Clinton back in twenty sixteen. Yeah, he's been he's been frying him just like like for like almost a decade now. So yeah. This is And he's endorsed. He endorsed Clinton, endorsed Biden, endorsed Harris. Yeah, nah, bro. He's Thomas: Yeah, 'cause LeBron didn't make his money off of the the way other billionaires make their money. He didn't he i I wouldn't say LeBron's money's dirty. He made his money off deals, hoops, like Malcolm: You know, I actually saw something today that Trump has he's he's made more in his first two years of presidency than in the other than all years of his life combined. Thomas: Yeah, he's he's made a he's up a billion, Malcolm: Like Thomas: at least. A few billion. Malcolm: And I like the the that's an entire dial like separate dialogue in itself, like the insider trading, the corruption, like the the I think we saw like I don't know if we talked about it last episode, but like the the report where it's like he's selling his API for true social to banks Thomas: Mm-hmm. Malcolm: and financial institutions. Essentially like he's mostly selling access to quicker news that he says before it hits like public platforms, as soon as it hits, like like Literally selling information. He's selling insider information. And like like whoever buys it gets access to it the quickest. That is insane. Thomas: And that that's why I I said what I said about facing the consequences of his actions. I don't want that to be misinterpreted in any way. What I mean is he's doing a lot of things that are questionable legally. And there's a lot of questions that need to be answered. Malcolm: Mm-hmm. Thomas: Now, I'm not the judge. I'm not the dream. I don't say whether or not these things are illegal or not. If he if the consequences of his actions are he finishes his presidency and he goes off into retirement, I hope that he's of sound mind to face that. If the consequences are, you gotta go to trial to defend what you've Malcolm: Yeah. Thomas: done. I hope that he's in his right mind for that too. I I just I just want to clear that up.