Mark Cuban Invited to Debate to Get in Donald Trump’s Head

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Mark Cuban at Hofstra University. (Getty)


Mark Cuban, who has a long-standing feud with Donald Trump, will be at the presidential debate on September 26 after getting an invitation from the Hillary Clinton campaign. Cuban said he will be sitting in the front row, although it’s not known just how good his seat will really be.

“He has the best seat we have access to,” a Clinton aide told CNN on September 22. “He has proven to be singularly effective in making the case against Trump and for Clinton. That is why we invited him.”

Cuban also announced that he will be there on Twitter. “Just got a front row seat to watch @HillaryClinton overwhelm @realDonaldTrump at the ‘Humbling at Hofstra’ on Monday. It Is On,” Cuban wrote, referencing Hofstra University, where the debate is taking place.

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Cuban’s invitation has already earned a response from Trump. “If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flowers right alongside of him,” Trump wrote.

Flowers claimed that she had a 12-year affair with Bill Clinton and came forward during the 1992 Presidential campaign. Flowers tweeted that she accepted the invitation, but the Trump team said they didn’t really invite Flowers. Mike Pence told Fox News that Trump was just “mocking” Clinton in his tweet.

Cuban responded to the Flowers comment by writing:

Cuban, who has an estimated net worth of $3.3 billion, endorsed Clinton during her July campaign stop in his hometown of Pittsburgh.

“Trump scares me,” Cuban said in July. “Donald, initially, I really hoped he would be something different, that as a businessperson, I thought there was an opportunity there. But then he went off the reservation and went bats— crazy.”

Cuban added that by endorsing the former Secretary of State, “I am ready to vote for a true leader, I am ready to vote for the American Dream. I am ready to tell the world that I am here to endorse Hillary Clinton.”

Cuban’s feud with Trump dates back to at least 2012, when Cuban offered Trump $1 million to shave his head. Cuban wanted Trump to donate the $1 million to Superstorm Sandy relief efforts and made the offer in response to Trump’s challenge to President Barack Obama to release college transcripts in exchange for a $5 million donation to a charity.

On September 16, Cuban made another charity offer to Trump. He told Trump that he would donate $10 million to a charity of his choice if he sat down for a four-hour interview.

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Cuban has also suggested that Trump isn’t really a billionaire, which is why he won’t release his tax returns.

Cuban said of Trump in a 77 WABC interview, via Buzzfeed:

I think he’s good at real estate; I do give him a lot of credit there. I think he’s good at branding real estate. I don’t think he’s very good at brands for non–real estate products. And, to me, it’s more a reflection of desperation. So when you’re putting your name on steaks, and you’re putting your name on water, you’re putting your name on playing cards, you’re putting your name on all this nonsense, right? You’re not gonna make big bucks, no matter what. It’s not like Trump Steaks were gonna make him $100 million. It’s not like it was gonna make him $5 million.