Billionaire Mark Cuban on Saturday explained why he thinks fellow mega-rich Americans are kissing Donald Trump's proverbial ring.
Cuban, who has found himself in Trump's crosshairs in the past, took to social media over the weekend to give his insider perspective on why people like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are trying to woo Trump.
"Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump? Because they are in 'The Race' to become the dominant platform in the world," he said. "Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever."
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Cuban also claimed that these billionaires "don’t care about Trump."
"But they can’t let him put his 'thumb on the scale' and push them back, or one of the others forward. Giving millions and kissing a ring when trillions are at stake, is nothing," he said. "The Ring Kissers truly don’t know where AI will take their businesses or the world."
Cuban went on to explain how their artificial intelligence fight could be impacted by the president elect.
"They just know they can’t let Trump write an executive order or make a move that changes the balance of AI power. And honestly, despite all the things to despise (and admire) about each, it’s in the interest of national security and our economy for the dominant AI companies to be American," he elaborated. "I think we all wish they were better actors as a group. And the anti trust actions will hopefully clean some things up. Just realize they all look at this as their own version of Survivor. They each know that any of them could be the next IBM. A once dominant company turned into an afterthought."
Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ? Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world. Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban.bsky.social) January 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM