Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban is apparently gearing up for the start of a political career. Cuban went on NBC News “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd today and talked politics. In getting his name out there, in the political arena, it’s a huge hint that he’s planning to make a move into that field.
Mark Cuban would certainly be a non-traditional kind of candidate, and he says that Donald Trump, with how far he’s come already, has certainly opened the door to such genres of politicians.
Highlights from Mark Cuban on “Meet the Press” today include:
On Trump’s candidacy: “He’s opened the door to non-traditional candidates, which is a great thing. I think he’s taken out the traditional, you know, bullet points and political speak. That’s a good thing. But those are longer term issues. In the short term, there’s a lot of divisiveness and a lot of uncertainty and that’s not necessarily a good thing.”
CHUCK TODD:
“My interpretation of your comments on that was, you know, a couple years when somebody asked you about running for president, I think your answer wasn’t just, “No,” it was, “Hell no.” But I take it that what Trump has done is made you feel comfortable about someday thinking about public service. Is that fair to say?”
Mark Cuban:
“Well, it’s certainly more of a consideration than it was, for the reasons we’ve mentioned before, that you don’t have to be the perfect Stepford candidate like you would’ve been in the past.”
On Obama’s presidency: “He’s smart. His goal was to really bring up people from the bottom in providing health care. That’s been a positive step. I think he’s really had the interest of the country at heart. But I think he’s made some significant mistakes in foreign policy.”
Why he’s a proponent of Obamacare: “Really, to me, what it’s accomplished, I have a saying that I live by in a lot of my thinking. It’s called the risk doesn’t lead the systems.”
On student debt: “My solution has been put a limit on the amount of money that a family can borrow per student. If you limit that to, say, $30,000 in total, then the easy money is gone for colleges and tuition will drop like a rock, no ifs, ands or buts about it.
On Sanders’ tuition proposal: “His idea for paying for free college tuition is delusional because it’s even more easy money for the colleges, which means they’re going to raise tuition even more and it’s going to cost taxpayers even more.
On how Trump is trying unify the party: “He’s listening to everybody, which is fine on the surface. But what’s also happening is it’s coming across as if he’s proposing things based off the last person he talks to.”
On Trump’s temperament: “I just don’t see evidence that he wants to change. I think he’s trying to do what he thinks is the right thing right now. But there’s just so much coming at him at once, he’s looking for shortcuts.”
On being Clinton’s VP: “Absolutely. But the key would be that she’d have to go more to center.”
On being Trump’s VP: “And I’d have the same conversation for Donald. I think Donald has a real chance to win, and that’s scary to a lot of people.”
On running in 2020 or 2024: “It’s too early to tell. I mean, depending on what happened with, you know, whoever’s elected, depending on what happens with the economy because the reality is, there’s so much uncertainty with the economy.”
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