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LeBron James destroys Trump with the perfect, understated insult

The perfect insult.
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There are so many things to call President Donald Trump.

On Saturday morning, LeBron James found the perfect one. The NBA star called Trump "U bum" over the president's rescinded invitation for Steph Curry to visit the White House, which came only after Curry stated that he didn't want to go anyway.

SEE ALSO: NFL players slam Donald Trump for rant against protests

It's so simple, yet so perfect. Who needs to curse out the president when "U bum" gets it across so well?

Everyone loved James' insult so much that it got more than 130,000 retweets in less than an hour.

#UBum

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Emma Hinchliffe

Emma Hinchliffe is a business reporter at Mashable. Before joining Mashable, she covered business and metro news at the Houston Chronicle.

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