"Elon Musk is the ultimate Trump maxi": Mark Cuban tactfully turns right wing media narrative on its head
Dallas Mavericks executive and entrentrepreneur Mark Cuban spoke about politics on social media, channeling his focus on right wing media this time.
The outspoken NBA team official moved to defend himself from a post criticizing him for laying it down on his recent CNBC guesting that mainstream media leans to right now and is right wing. He made mention of FOX having the bigggest TV news shows and fellow entrepreneur Elon Musk among the biggest right-wing influencers.
Part of Mark Cuban's post read:
"I give a compliment to right leaning media. You are now MSM. The biggest tv news shows are on Fox. The top 10 podcasts have a bunch of right leaning shows... The biggest political influencer accounts on social media are ... including you ... conservative."
"The biggest influencer of all, @elonmusk, is the ultimate Trump Maxi. He probably has 5x the followers of all other political influencers combined. Conservative media is now the MSM. I know that makes it harder to play the victim. But that is the reality."
Check out his post below:
Mainstream media has become an intense battlefield as U.S. presidential election between Republican and former President Donald Trump and Democrat and current Vice-President Kamala Harris draws near.
Mark Cuban says Donald Trump made U.S. politics worse
Mark Cuban has made it known that he is not too fond of former U.S. President Donald Trump for various reasons, including how the latter's style of politicking made U.S. politics worse.
The 66-year-old Dallas Mavericks minority owner and businessman-cum-TV personality shared his thoughts on Trump, who is seeking to make a return to the White House in U.S. elections in November, on his apperance on The Daily Show last month. He highlighted how the one track-mindedness of the former head of state speaks of dictatorial tendecies, which does not bode well for the country.
Mark Cuban told host Jon Stewart:
"Yeah, this is my country, right? Everybody else is bad. Donald good ... I mean, he just brought hate and anger to politics, and that is his sales pitch."
He added:
"Donald is a sales rep. He's a sales person. He's going to follow what works, and whatever -- he's going to try all kinds of different things. He's going to talk to all kinds of different people. And he'll try things out, and if it works, he's going to do more of it."
Check out what he had to say below, beginning at 8:39:
Despite being passionate about politics, Mark Cuban remains committed to the affairs of the NBA's Mavericks notwithstanding relagating his majority stake to the Adelson family of the Las Vegas Sands last year.
He remains as a minority owner as well as head of basketball operations of the team. Last season, they had a breakthrough campaign, making it all the way to the NBA Finals for the first time since their championship year in 2011.