If He Runs, Would Mark Cuban Have a Shot at the Presidency?

In 2016, an outspoken billionaire with no prior experience in government was elected President of the United States.

In 2020, another billionaire with the same qualifications, or lack thereof, could challenge him.

Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and star of Shark Tank, is talking about running for president and, thanks to the election of Donald Trump, people are taking him somewhat seriously.

Neither a Republican nor Democrat, Cuban, who believes Trump won in 2016 because he wasn’t a lifetime politician, would run as an independent.

“People weren’t voting for (Trump in 2016) because he was calling people names, they were voting for him because he was not a politician, and he was demonstrating to everyone that he wasn’t a politician,” Cuban told the New York Daily News this week.

Should Cuban decide to enter the race, he might have a shot, according to The Associated Press.

“Unlike many potential candidates, the Mavs owner has some experience in going up against Trump,” the AP reports. “In 2012, the two billionaires got into a Twitter exchange over donations to help victims of Superstorm Sandy and Cuban said he would donate $1 million to charity if Trump would shave his head. When Trump responded with insults, Cuban hit right back, saying he needed to do better. “This reminds me of when I used to pick on you when we were kids in Kenya,” Cuban tweeted at Trump, who was at the time challenging President Barack Obama’s birthplace.”