Former President Donald Trump unloaded on billionaire leftist Mark Cuban this week after Cuban claimed Trump doesn’t surround himself with “strong, intelligent women.”
“Mark Cuban, a really dumb guy, who thinks he’s ‘hot stuff’ but he’s absolutely nothing, is now out there saying that I don’t surround myself with strong women,” Trump wrote on X. “Actually, he is very wrong, I surround myself with the strongest of women – With the understanding that ALL women are great, whether strong or not strong. This guy is such a fool, he’s constantly on Television being critical, and only for the reason that I tuned him out completely while President because he called incessantly.”
Cuban, who supports Kamala Harris, made the comments Thursday on The View.
“Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,” Cuban said. “It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them.”
“Nikki Haley will call him on his nonsense with reproductive rights and how he sees and treats and talks about women. I mean, he just can’t have her around. It wouldn’t work,” Cuban said on the show Thursday morning.
Former White House press secretary and Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany also blasted Cuban for the comments.
“This is so profoundly offensive. I worked for Donald Trump. I consider myself a strong woman. I consider those around me strong women. Kellyanne Conway, Brooke Rollins, Ivanka Trump, Hope Hicks, Sarah Sanders,” she said on the program Thursday.
“That’s before we get to the women Donald Trump elevated to very high levels, like Nikki Haley who still supports him, like Amy Coney-Barrett, who he put on the Supreme Court.”
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Mark Cuban said you never see Donald Trump around "strong, intelligent women… ever" because he "does not like to be challenged by them."
I HAVE QUITE A FEW THOUGHTS ON THAT ONE! ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/9gkBIcZ1C6
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) October 31, 2024
Cuban later appeared to backtrack on some of his comments:
“I’m happy to clarify that,” he wrote on X. “1. I know many strong, intelligent women voting for Trump. Including in my extended family,” he added. “I’m certainly not saying female voters are not smart, strong and intelligent. 2. I know he has worked with strong intelligent women, like Elaine Chao, Kelly Anne, Ivanka and many others. I stand by my opinion that he does not like being challenged publicly.”
More over at The New York Post:
Today's cover: ‘Strong, intelligent’ Republican women torch Kamala supporter Mark Cuban for dismissive comments on ‘The View’ https://t.co/IUmfyqhoLm pic.twitter.com/z7Pxx4BFDH
— New York Post (@nypost) November 1, 2024