Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban told Vivek Ramaswamy in a video interview why he previously supported Donald Trump in 2015.
Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban has been a vocal opponent of former President Trump.
Cuban endorsed Trump’s previous opponents, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, and Trump’s 2024 opponent, Kamala Harris, while berating Trump with insults dating back to 2016.
But Cuban was not always a Trump basher.
Cuban has said he supported the former president when Trump initially launched his first presidential campaign in 2015. Cuban elaborated on his initial support of Trump during an interview with Vivek Ramaswamy on X Wednesday.
“In 2015, I was like, ‘He’s great. He’s not a typical Stepford candidate. I thought that was a positive”, Cuban said.
Cuban added that one of the biggest reasons he initially supported Trump was because he didn’t believe in Trump’s chances to actually win the presidency and was looking to simply make a statement about the state of American politics.
