Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban believes Donald Trump has successfully leveraged his “candidacy about nothing” into a legitimate shot at the White House.
Cuban told CNBC that Trump has “turned into the Seinfeld candidate — a candidacy about nothing.” Cuban added, “I think he really has to avoid the issues and that could be a real problem long-term.”
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“He doesn’t have to take positions, his voters don’t care,” Cuban said on CNBC. “They’re not coming out to the polls in record numbers because they like his position on any particular issue. They’re coming out because they’re trying to send a message. They’re sending a message that things have got to change, and the one candidate that we think introduces change, particularly if you’re on the right, is Donald Trump. And he deserves credit for leading his flock to the polls.”
Cuban added that he does not believe he would have any role whatsoever in a Trump administration and expected Trump to surround himself with “traditional politicians.” The Dallas Mavericks owner said he thinks presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton could gain ground by doing the exact opposite.
“Forget Donald Trump asking me to be vice president or whatever, imagine if Hillary brought me in or brought somebody like me in and went more to the center and became more business-friendly,” Cuban told CNBC. “It could change the entire tenor of the race. I’m more curious to see what she does because we already know what Donald’s going to do.”
