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Former President Donald Trump on Saturday slammed fellow billionaire Mark Cuban, who is actively campaigning for his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Mark Cuban is a loser,” President Trump wrote in an interview Saturday. society of truth post. “While he was in the White House, he no longer answered his phone calls and went wild. He’s a weak, pathetic ‘bully’ who can’t get anything done. His clubhead speed is really low and he’s not an athlete at all!”
Trump’s insults came days after the Cuban president mocked the Republican presidential candidate’s tariff proposals at a campaign rally for Harris.
“Let me tell you, this guy has very little understanding of tariffs and thinks China is paying the tariffs,” Cuban said of Trump at a Harris rally in Wisconsin on Thursday. Ta.
President Trump has proposed imposing a universal 20% tariff on all imports, with an even higher 60% tariff on imports from China. The plan has faced criticism from economists, who say the cost of such an aggressive approach would ultimately fall on U.S. importers and consumers.
The animosity between the two billionaires is a marked shift from 2015, when Cubans praised President Trump as “the best thing that’s happened in politics in a long time.”fox & friends“Interview.
President Trump also thanked him for his kind words.
Cubans ultimately supported former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. And in the years since, his once-friendly relationship with Trump has only deteriorated.
This election cycle, Mr. Cuban has become a regular surrogate for Ms. Harris’ campaign, as the vice president seeks to position himself as a pro-growth capitalist.
The former “Shark Tank” host may be eyeing a government position of his own, having repeatedly floated the idea of replacing Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler, for example.
Meanwhile, President Trump has tapped Elon Musk as a surrogate for his ultra-wealthy campaign, stirring up a new conflict with the Cuban president.
“You can literally be one of the greatest entrepreneurs in the world of the last century and also be a shithead,” Cuban said of Musk in an interview Friday. interview On “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
