Quote: Dallas Mavericks owner and hedge fund billionaire Mark Cuban (TMZ)
Dallas Mavericks owner and hedge fund billionaire Mark Cuban said in a flurry of tweets on Saturday that he doesn’t believe President Donald Trump colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign — but only because Trump isn’t “detail oriented, organized or big picture enough” to successfully pull off something so complicated.
“As people with Russian connects came into the campaign he had no clue that those connections were possibly being influenced by Russia,” Cuban said. “His lean campaign took direction from people he trusted and he followed those directions. He had no clue where the Russians fit.”
“No chance this is a DJT led conspiracy. He isn’t detail oriented, organized or big picture enough to pull off any [type] of conspiracy. I think Putin recognized trumps greed and took advantage by back channeling coordinated misinformation in an attempt to influence voters. Trump had no idea this was happening. He was doing what he was told to do. Stick to the script and read what was written for him,” he continued.
Cuban’s full set of tweets is embedded below:
1) Here is my take on Trump and Russia
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
2) Russians have made him a lot of money buying condos and investing in his bldgs and hosting his beauty pageant.That makes them his friends
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
3) He ignored their backgrounds. But that's not unusual. Starbucks takes anyone's money and so do most businesses including mine.
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
4) He spoke favorably about Putin to get his approval for Russians to get $ out of Russia and into Trump deals. He saw it as easy money
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
5) When Manafort was recommended, he didn't vett him. He saw it as a win win. Win the election or open the door for more Russian business
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
6) As people with Russian connects came into the campaign he had no clue that those connections were possibly being influenced by Russia
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
7) His lean campaign took direction from people he trusted and he followed those directions. He had no clue where the Russians fit
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
8) when Manafort got "hot" he got rid of him but the campaign approach had been established. Bannon took it to the next level FTW
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
9) No chance this is a DJT led conspiracy. He isn't detail oriented, organized or big picture enough to pull off any time of conspiracy
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
10) I think Putin recognized trumps greed and took advantage by back channeling coordinated misinformation in an attempt to influence voters
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
11) Trump had no idea this was happening. He was doing what he was told to do. Stick to the script and read what was written for him
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
12)Because he didn't recognize or understand as it was happening he has no idea what to do now or how to respond. So he turns to Fox News
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
13) That's what I think happened. Feel free to agree or disagree
— Mark Cuban (
@mcuban) April 1, 2017
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/mark-cuban-trump-didnt-collude-with-russia-hes-not-smart-enough-for-something-that-complicated/
You know , if this is true then we really do have a huge problem .
If Russia can use Trump with out Trump being any the wiser . Then instead of having a president called Trump , what we have is an ignorant Russian puppet in the white house .