What caused Mark Cuban to defend President Trump on Twitter?

By Peter Dawson

Updated June 25, 2018 6:34 PM

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he's "embarrassed" by the allegations against his organization. Max Faulkner mfaulkner@star-telegram.com

Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the presidency, Mark Cuban has not been his biggest fan.

And the Mavericks owner has made sure everyone knows it. He's also encouraged the rumors that he could run for Trump's office as soon as 2020.

As he is prone to do, Trump has often responded to those criticisms directly.

On Tuesday morning, Cuban shared his thoughts about a Virginia restaurant's decision to remove White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders from their establishment.

Cuban, who is an executive producer and panel member on the reality show "Shark Tank," responded to a fan who said he would no longer watch the television show due to Cuban's political comments.

Actually, we all owe a debt of gratitude to Trump voters for opening our eyes to issues many of us hadn’t recognized. https://t.co/VyTF6JId4x
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) June 25, 2018

First issue that comes to mind is that ALL POLITICAL PARTIES ARE USELESS. We would be far better off if we gave up our party affiliation and identified ourselves as American. Political parties are the real “Deep State”, trying to protect their own at the expense of the rest https://t.co/brkRfIxrx7
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) June 25, 2018

This story was originally published June 25, 2018 at 3:48 PM with the headline "What caused Mark Cuban to defend President Trump on Twitter?."

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