Mark Cuban: Donald Trump would be a 'puppet president'

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Mark Cuban: Donald Trump would be a 'puppet president'

By Gregory Krieg, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/mark-cuban-donald-trump-puppet-president/index.html

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New York (CNN) — Mark Cuban is questioning Donald Trump's ability to function independently if elected, saying the presumptive Republican nominee would be a "puppet president" hamstrung by a lack of experience and intellectual rigor.

"He would be so dependent on everyone around him because of his lack of depth of knowledge and fear of failing," Cuban told BuzzFeed News in an email interview.

"And he isn't good at hiring either," the billionaire owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks continued. "That's why he puts family (and he gets credit for having such smart, accomplished kids) in so many important positions."

Cuban said he likes his "thin-skinned" fellow billionaire businessman but said Trump "has absolutely zero self-awareness. None. Zip."

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[Feathery Scout]

1. I kind of hope so...

...because his own thoughts and ideas are f'ing terrifying.

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3. Either way it is terrifying. Either a puppet like Reagan and George W. Bush, or a vaingolrious

blowhard.

[Feathery Scout]

5. As long as he's not dropping nukes on Europe.

[KamaAina]

2. Like Dumbya? So who will be his Cheney?

[OldHippieChick]

4. And yet this pathetic billionaire has

said he'd be happy to be Trump's VP or Hillary's VP. WTF? who cares what he thinks?

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6. He said he wouldn't be Trump's. He's telling tale out of school because he cares about

the country. Don't shush him.

[OldHippieChick]

7. Guess I read a different quote from him.

I don't wish to shush him. Just wonder why we should care.

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8. Because he is one of those billionaires people in the middle, independants

and moderate republicans, listen to. He's a reality tv star too. Think of all those business people who watch him on Shark Tank and are impresed with his smarts. All those young people just starting out in business. Are we supposed to shush anyone who we don't agree with on some issues but find common cause with regarding Trump? Do we want a big tent? Do we want leaders of all kinds to speak out? I think so. He is taking a risk. He should be commended for caring about the country.

[OldHippieChick]

9. To repeat, I do not wish to shush him

I don't watch Shark Tank and really have no idea who he is or why I or anyone else should care. Forgive me for living under a rock.

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10. Some people look up to people who are more knowledgeable than them. Some people with knowledge

lead. He knows Trump. He is important in this election. Hell, I've watched Shark Tank and like him on it. The country would be poor without businesspeople. We are all capitalists to a degree. It is a human way to be. Much rather someone like Mark Cuban as a billionaire than some of the others.

[OldHippieChick]

12. Okay, I bow to your knowledge of this rich person.

I simply don't care and still do not understand why anyone else should. Is he as popular as those Duck Dynasty people who I also don't watch? And btw, though I am a Hillary supporter, I do not consider myself a capitalist and do not think that is a "human way to be". Not sure I understand your bent, but then I am rather long in the tooth.

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13. Trading is in any human culture. Capitalism is just more efficient trade. That is all I mean. I

took economics in university and there was a tradeoff between efficiency and equality. So I hear ya. And of course now there is a tradeoff between market efficiency and the environment. That's probably always been true too.

[L. Coyote]

11. I think he already has Alzheimer's in addition to incompetence.

What a combo, dementia and narcissism, perfect combination to make a billionaire think he can get a job commanding a global military enterprise and running a large country at the same time.