Mark Cuban refused to rule out a run for the White Home on Thursday, saying “stranger issues have occurred.”
Requested at a digital occasion about his possibilities of making a bid, Cuban, 61, mentioned, “It’s extremely unlikely due to the timing, however stranger issues have occurred. You recognize me, I’m an entrepreneur — I’m by no means going to say ‘no.’”
The Dallas Mavericks proprietor and “Shark Tank” star has floated the thought of working a number of instances, earlier than each the 2016 and 2020 elections.
Talking on the “Reset Your Mindset at Work” occasion hosted by Yahoo and Fortune, Cuban additionally refused to throw his longtime verbal sparring companion President Trump “below the bus” for his response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Showing alongside Serena Williams, Cuban mentioned that he thinks the federal government obtained off to an excellent begin with the disaster. “The President was far more open-minded, after which one thing flipped and he went in a totally totally different course,” he mentioned, “but it surely’s not simply him — and it’s not like I’m throwing him below the bus. I believe he might have executed higher however, when you have got imperfect info, you make imperfect choices.”
He additionally took a shot on the Democrats, saying that the federal government’s paycheck safety loans to small companies would have saved extra jobs if Congress had accredited them earlier. “It was delayed as a result of the Democrats saved attempting to get cash for museums, or get cash for different issues,” he mentioned, “and day by day that added on to that made issues far worse and added onto the unemployment.”
