LeBron James on Monday explained his viral tweet about Donald Trump.
On Saturday morning, James woke up to the news that President Trump had tweeted that he was rescinding an invitation to the Golden State Warriors to visit the White House in honor of winning the NBA championship. Trump’s tweet came less than a day after former NBA MVP Steph Curry said he would not visit the White House. That led James to send his infamous “U bum” tweet about the president.
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!
— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23, 2017
Here’s James explaining at media day on Monday why he sent the tweet:
LeBron explains his “U bum” tweet pic.twitter.com/vH9M1OiLbK
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 25, 2017
As of Monday evening, James’ tweet had been retweeted over 650,000 times and liked nearly 1.5 million times. That makes it his most popular tweet ever.
