Stephen A Smith has questioned how former Democrat Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton became vastly richer after leaving the White House.
The ESPN commentator turned political pundit cited both men’s relatively humble beginnings before achieving much more money upon exiting office.
‘I’ll confess something to ya’ll. Clinton was a lawyer in Arkansas. Grew up poor, relatively broke. How the hell him and the Clinton Foundation is worth hundreds of millions of dollars beat me.’
A Forbes investigation in 2016 suggested both Bill and wife, former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had made over $230 million in the years since President Clinton left Washington.
Smith then turned his attention to the next Democrat to win the presidency, Barack Obama.
‘Barack Obama was a community organizer who became the president of the United States and, last time I checked, that salary ain’t over $450,000, if I remember correctly,’ Smith argued.
Obama’s net worth went from $20 million throughout his presidency to $70million as recently as 2024, Forbes claimed.
They also notoriously enjoy a $12 million mansion at ritzy Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.