Businessman and billionaire philanthropist Mark Cuban went on a full-fledged Twitter-based rant Saturday on the reasons he believes President Trump may have been cozy with the Russians.
“He spoke favorably about Putin to get his approval for Russians to get $ out of Russia and into Trump deals. He saw it as easy money,” tweeted Cuban. “Russians have made him a lot of money buying condos and investing in his bldgs and hosting his beauty pageant.That makes them his friends.”
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As for those in his campaign with Russian ties, Trump didn’t really think bout vetting them. After all, “Starbucks takes anyone’s money and so do most businesses including mine.” So, “[h]e ignored their backgrounds. But that’s not unusual.”
Trump’s one-time campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is now facing increased scrutiny from the FBI and Congress over Russian election meddling, was not vetted by Trump, Cuban continued in tweet after tweet, in a rant referred to by some as a “tweet storm.”
“When Manafort was recommended, he didn’t vett him. He saw it as a win win. Win the election or open the door for more Russian business,” Cuban said.
“As people with Russian connects came into the campaign he had no clue that those connections were possibly being influenced by Russia,” he continued.
But Trump had “no clue” about the Russians, Cuban continued. “His lean campaign took direction from people he trusted and he followed those directions. He had no clue where the Russians fit.” And “when Manafort got ‘hot’ he got rid of him but the campaign approach had been established. [Steve] Bannon took it to the next level FTW,” he said.
Bottomline: “No chance this is a DJT led conspiracy.” But that wasn’t meant to be a compliment. “He isn’t detail oriented, organized or big picture enough to pull off any time of conspiracy,” Cuban said.
“I think Putin recognized trumps greed and took advantage by back channeling coordinated misinformation in an attempt to influence voters,” Cuban continued.
“Trump had no idea this was happening. He was doing what he was told to do. Stick to the script and read what was written for him,” he added on point eleven of his twelve point rant.
“That’s what I think happened. Feel free to agree or disagree.”
