What Steve Kerr ‘regrets’ about years-long Donald Trump feud

Steve Kerr is having some “regrets” over some comments he made about President Donald Trump.

The Golden State Warriors head coach has been open about his political affiliations over the years, such as endorsing Former President Joe Biden in the 2024 election and then Vice President Kamala Harris when the former president stepped down. He was also openly critical of President Donald Trump after he won office for the second time in 2024. A year after Trump was sworn in, Kerr has expressed some regrets on how he spoke about the current president in a recent interview with the New York Times.

“He was establishing this new tone of communication that we were going to have in this country. I was so disgusted that I didn’t hold back,” Kerr said. “I’ve learned that I need to be better in terms of representing our organization in a way that I could still let my feelings be known but not get too personal. I’m representing a large group of people.”

The publication then asked Kerr, who could have just finished his final year as the Warriors’ head coach after the team failed to make it to the 2026 NBA playoffs, if he was “referring to when you called him a ‘blowhard’ who was ‘ill-suited’ to the office?”

Kerr politely corrected and said his actual insult to Trump, “‘Buffoon,’ I think.”

The four-time NBA championship-winning head coach slammed down on why he made the comment in the first place.

“What really got me was the debates with Hillary [Clinton], where he stalked her from behind. It was so shocking. And there was a live audience that reminded me of ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ or something. Foreshadowing,” Kerr referenced the first time he was elected president and faced Hillary Clinton on the ballot.

The moment did not sit right with Kerr as he believed that those looking to be elected as public officials should have some “decorum.”

“In my life, up until that time, there had been a sense of decorum expected in the Presidential campaigns. When McCain ran against Obama, there was a town hall and someone said to McCain, ‘Obama is a terrible man.’ And he said, ‘No, he’s a fine man.’ That was what I grew up with. Reagan and Tip O’Neill got together every week—Democratic Speaker of the House, Republican President—knowing they had to collaborate to get stuff done. There was a sense of decency, that people were watching, that we wanted our politics to embody a certain dignity, regardless of policy, and regardless of even corruption. Nixon gets impeached and both parties agree we can’t have this. We lost that. And I don’t think it’s all Trump’s fault. I think it was happening before Trump: the forces in social media, the forces in our country, the division,” Kerr continued.

Kerr was in agreement with describing him as a “symptom” and that he “definitely has taken advantage of that to gain and to consolidate power. And he’s using it to drive a wedge between all of us. He’s not the only one who’s done that, but he’s the President. He’s got the most power.”

He then added that while he might not agree with how he conducts himself, he regrets the insult.

“But calling the President a buffoon, I kind of regret that, even though I felt it in my heart,” he added. “It’s better to point out policy decisions, but also American values. What’s wrong with the things that he does.”

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