Trump Responds To Cuban Claim During Interview

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Rachel Stevenson
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The Trump campaign is taking issue with billionaire Mark Cuban, a prominent Kamala Harris backer, for his recent comments on “The View.” Cuban, never one to mince words, suggested that former President Trump doesn’t “like to be challenged by strong, intelligent women.” Apparently, in Cuban’s world, that somehow implies that women who support Trump are neither strong nor intelligent. Not surprisingly, the Trump camp isn’t letting this one slide.

“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.”

Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s national press secretary, fired back swiftly. In her words, Cuban’s comments are “extremely insulting” to the “thousands of women who work for President Trump and the tens of millions of women who are voting for him.” According to Leavitt, Cuban, and Harris have a troubling double standard: they claim to represent women, yet they demean the very ones who don’t fall in line with their party.

These women—mothers, business owners, and community leaders—support Trump because he champions policies that resonate with them: border security, safe neighborhoods, and economic opportunity. Yet Cuban’s comments attempt to paint them as somehow less capable, less intelligent, simply because they back the “wrong” candidate.

If this all sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Just days ago, President Biden sparked backlash for calling Trump supporters “garbage” during a Zoom call with Voto Latino. Biden’s remark came as he criticized comments made at a Trump rally by a comedian who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Biden, in response, reportedly quipped, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”

The White House has since insisted that Biden’s comments were “taken out of context”—a go-to line for politicians caught in foot-in-mouth moments. Still, when asked to clarify, Kamala Harris distanced herself from the statement, claiming she “strongly disagrees with any criticism of people based on who they vote for.” Yet, conveniently, she hasn’t condemned Cuban’s jab at Trump-supporting women.

Trump, on the other hand, has decided to have a little fun with Biden’s “garbage” remark, showing up to his Green Bay rally in none other than a high-visibility sanitation vest, accompanied by a “Make America Great Again” garbage truck. Never one to shy away from a theatrical rebuttal, Trump told supporters that, unlike “Crooked Joe” and “Lyin’ Kamala,” his base is far from “garbage.” In true Trump fashion, he didn’t hold back, telling the crowd, “My response to Joe and Kamala is very simple: You can’t lead America if you don’t love Americans.”

Cuban’s comments may have stirred up the crowd on The View, but they also expose a glaring inconsistency in the Harris-Biden camp. For a duo that preaches inclusivity, their rhetoric often doesn’t match up when it comes to Trump’s supporters. Calling half the electorate “garbage” and insinuating that Trump-supporting women lack strength or intelligence? If anything, that reveals a lot more about their views than it does about Trump’s base. The Biden-Harris ticket is happy to talk about unity when it serves them, but time and again, they alienate the very Americans they claim to represent.

So, while the Harris campaign stays silent, Trump has turned the insult into fuel for his own fire, doubling down on his message of unity for all Americans—even those the other side considers “garbage.”

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