ESPN personality and former Chicago Bears tight end and coach Mike Ditka called President Obama “the worst president we’ve ever had” on Friday.
Ditka discussed the country’s political present and future with Sid Rosenberg and Bernard McGuirk of “The Bernie and Sid Show” on WABC-AM in New York.
“Barack Obama’s a fine man. I mean, he’s pleasant,” Ditka said. “He would be great to play golf with. He’s not a leader. This country needs leadership. It needs direction. It needs somebody that steps up front. We need somebody like Ronald Reagan.”
“Every once in a while you’re going to get punched in the chops,” he continued. “But you keep going forward. That’s all there is to it. You know it’s not always going to be a perfect situation, but to do what he does, there’s no leadership there. I think that becomes very disgusting to me.”
So if Ditka is so anti-Obama, which current presidential candidate has his vote?
“If I were to vote tomorrow,” Ditka said, “I’d probably vote for [Donald] Trump.”
Ditka endorsed Trump in September, saying at the time, “I think he, sometimes he’s got to think a little bit more before he says things, but I think he’s on the right track.”
