STEPHEN A. Smith sent a warning to the WNBA that President Donald Trump could intervene in the league's treatment of Caitlin Clark.

The fiery ESPN personality made his stance clear on the WNBA 's physicality of Clark during Thursday's edition of First Take .

Smith 's message comes following a Wall Street Journal editorial on Clark last week.

The publication called for a congressional investigation in response to the WNBA continuing to tolerate what's considered hostile treatment sent to the Indiana Fever superstar, Clark.

On Thursday, Smith let it be known that his sources in the political world told him that Trump knows the current WNBA climate and could be ready to launch a government investigation into Clark.

"I am not guessing on this," Smith said on First Take alongs

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