# Why hasn't Trump pushed back on Cuban? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 22, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058 "2016-06-22T16:35:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/1 "2016-06-22T16:35:44Z")
Anytime anyone comments or tweets anything negative about Trump, he immediately responds, but I have noticed that he has been strangely silent with the criticisms from Mark Cuban. What gives? Does he know he will lose that battle or does Cuban have something on him? Just think that is such an odd occurrence as normally Trump is so thin skinned. [Mark Cuban: Donald Trump Becoming 'Stupider Before Your Eyes' | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-cuban-donald-trump_us_57699a74e4b09926ce5cdc1b)? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/2 "2016-06-22T18:31:12Z")
Trump is a typical bully and coward. He knows that Cuban is superior to him in every way, so Trump will just turtle and hide from him. Cuban is likely correct about Trump’s lack of net worth, and could probably buy and sell him several times over. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/3 "2016-06-22T18:39:23Z")
Cuban isn’t part of the political horse race, and fully capable of suing for libel if Trump goes on his usual attack line. He’s a big dog that can piss in the tall weeds, and Trump really doesn’t want to mess with him. Typical bully mentality. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/4 "2016-06-22T18:49:30Z")
I think Cuban is much, much richer than Trump, and Trump cowers at the thought of richer men. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/5 "2016-06-22T19:22:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Cuban isn’t part of the political horse race, and fully capable of suing for libel if Trump goes on his usual attack line. He’s a big dog that can piss in the tall weeds, and Trump really doesn’t want to mess with him. Typical bully mentality. Anybody can sue for libel. Cuban would undoubtedly be a public figure under the eyes of the law. The standards for defamation are enormously high. What could Trump realistically say about Cuban that could lose him a suit? ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/6 "2016-06-22T19:34:38Z")
Call him a child molester, maybe? Which coming from Trump, wouldn’t be all that surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/7 "2016-06-22T19:38:32Z")
Sure, anybody can sue, but Cuban has the resources to do it where many others might not. He could also go on a PR campaign against whatever Trump said. As for what Trump _would_ say, I think it’s pretty clear he’s capable of saying anything regardless of its factual basis in order to advance his cause of the moment, whatever that cause happens to be. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/8 "2016-06-22T19:58:07Z")
Any lawsuit that Trump would get involved with would carry the risk of Trump having to disclose things that Trump wouldn’t want disclosed. For instance, if Trump called Cuban a liar about the stuff in Cuban’s statement (weak sauce, I know) Trump would have to give evidence it was false. Which ain’t going to happen. Thanks for the link, **Hakuna** - I saw this but couldn’t find it again. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/9 "2016-06-22T20:05:28Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I think Cuban is much, much richer than Trump, and Trump cowers at the thought of richer men. That was my guess - Cuban is richer than Trump and can _prove_ it. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/10 "2016-06-22T20:09:27Z")
See I don’t think it has anything to do with money. Mark Cuban’s net worth (according to Forbes in 2016) is something like $3.2B. Trump (according to Forbes in 2016) is at 4.5B. And he has made allegations and pushed back against Jeff Bezo’s who has a net worth of $45.2B. And he isn’t in the political arena per se, although I believe he owns the Washington Post. That is why I was wondering if maybe Cuban has something on Trump. Trump is tied for like #324 worlds richest and Cuban is tied for #527, so that seems like something that he would tweet out that Cuban is a loser, etc. Yet he is strangely silent. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/11 "2016-06-22T20:15:40Z")
Actually let me step back from that—it not having anything to do with money. It does I suppose because I don’t think Trump has liquidity with easy access to cash. He might be worth 4.5B on paper but not have the liquidity to put $200m into his campaign. Going through that billionaire list it was a pretty interesting list. here is the link in case any one else was interested [http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/8/#version:static](http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/8/#version:static) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/12 "2016-06-22T20:51:32Z")
Sometimes it is simply better for one’s image to not respond. It could be a matter of saying “you are full of shit and only worth ignoring.” Responding grants some small measure of heft and credence to the attack. It may be a case of fear and turtling, or it may be prophylactic damage control (a groundless accusation can be as bad as one with merit). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/13 "2016-06-22T21:29:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Why hasn’t Trump pushed back on Cuban? He doesn’t want to offend the ex-pat community in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/14 "2016-06-22T23:53:10Z")
Trumps lawyers called Cuban about 12 years ago when Trump and Cuban were on an ABC show. Cuban had said something to the effect “I can spend more than you and never notice the money is gone.” Trumps lawyers called Cuban and demanded he take it back or they’d sue. Cuban said “I’ll show you my bank statement/balance sheet if Donald shows his.” They never called back. Donald can’t show the world that he’s all talk without revealing that “he’s all talk.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/15 "2016-06-22T23:58:53Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Trumps lawyers called Cuban about 12 years ago when Trump and Cuban were on an ABC show. Cuban had said something to the effect “I can spend more than you and never notice the money is gone.” Trumps lawyers called Cuban and demanded he take it back or they’d sue. Cuban said “I’ll show you my bank statement/balance sheet if Donald shows his.” They never called back. > > Donald can’t show the world that he’s all talk without revealing that “he’s all talk.” Great. Shooting a stranger in Times Square won’t stop the idiots but a bank statement will. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/16 "2016-06-23T00:57:01Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Sometimes it is simply better for one’s image to not respond. It could be a matter of saying “you are full of shit and only worth ignoring.” Responding grants some small measure of heft and credence to the attack. It may be a case of fear and turtling, or it may be prophylactic damage control (a groundless accusation can be as bad as one with merit). When did Trump ever _not_ return anything he saw as an attack in kind? Sorry, I don’t buy it. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/17 "2016-06-23T05:18:03Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump is a typical bully and coward. He knows that Cuban is superior to him in every way, so Trump will just turtle and hide from him. > > Cuban is likely correct about Trump’s lack of net worth, and could probably buy and sell him several times over. So that means Warren and Clinton are inferior to Cuban? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/18 "2016-06-23T05:23:05Z")
Hey, **adaher** , let’s stick to the topic at hand. I know you like to bash the Democrats, but start your own thread for that, okay, buddy? ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/19 "2016-06-23T05:31:44Z")
Somehow I read that in Sterling Archer’s voice. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058/20 "2016-06-23T05:33:55Z")
I’m totally okay with that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-trump-pushed-back-on-cuban/758058.md?page=2)