PLEASE WELCOME MARK CUBAN.
(APPLAUSE) GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED SOME OF YOUR OPINIONS
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP HERE TONIGHT.
BUT I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT TO YOU, MY FRIEND.
IN JULY OF 2015 YOU SAID QUOTE, TRUMP IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING
TO HAPPEN TO POLITICS IN A LONG TIME.
I DON'T CARE WHAT HIS ACTUAL POSITIONS ARE, BUT LAST NIGHT ON
TWITTER YOU OFFICIALLY JOINED THE NEVER TRUMP CLUB.
WHAT CHANGED FOR YOU?
WHY WAS IT THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO POLITICS AND NOW HE'S
THE NEVER TRUMP.
>> AT THE BEGINNING HE WAS A BUSINESS PERSON AND I WANTED TO
SEE A CHANGE FROM THE TRADITIONAL POLITICIAN.
BUT THEN HE WENT AND OPENED HIS MOUTH.
YOU KNOW.
I MEAN HE HAD A REALLY GOOD CHANCE TO BE DIFFERENT AND
REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO CHANGE THINGS AM BUT HE DOESN'T DO THE
WORK.
HE'S LAZY.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU'RE A BILLIONAIRE.
YOU'RE A BILLIONAIRE, HE'S A BILLIONAIRE.
IN THE BILLIONAIRE WORLD, WHAT'S THE TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP?
LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS ALL GET TOGETHER TO BE BILLIONAIRES
TOGETHER, LIKE HOW DO YOU GUYS TREAT HIM?
>> WELL, IN THE MEETING WE VOTED HIM OUT.
>> Stephen: HE DOESN'T GET TO COME TO THE MEETINGS ANY MORE?
>> NO MEETINGS.
WE LITERALLY CHANGED THE SECRET HANDSHAKE.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU TEACH IT TO ME A LITTLE LATER?
(LAUGHTER) I DON'T LIKE-- SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE
NOT SHAKING HANDS.
(LAUGHTER) WHERE DO THE BILLIONAIRES MEET,
BY THE WAY?
IS IT LIKE AT THE PRIVATE JET, LIKE, HANGAR, IS THAT WHERE YOU
GUYS HANG?
>> WHOEVER HAS THE BIGGEST JET AT THE TIME OR GETS A NEW JET,
WE WILL JUST FLY AROUND.
>> Stephen: AND SHOW IT TO PEOPLE.
>> YOU GOT TO WHIP IT OUT AND SHOW YOUR JET.
>> Stephen: HE'S A BILLIONAIRE.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY AND NOT REALLY A BILLIONAIRE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
DO YOU THINK HE'S REALLY A BILLIONAIRE OR NOT A
BILLIONAIRE?
>> WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH DEBT HE HAS.
BUT I WILL GIVE HIMMED CREDIT.
HE'S A BILLIONAIRE, FINE.
MORE POWER TO HIM, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: HE'S A BILLIONAIRE, FINE.
>> WHO CARES, RIGHT?
WHO CARES.
>> Stephen: THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO YOU, YOU ARE A
BILLIONAIRE.
>> MORE POWER TO YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE A BILLIONAIRE.
YOU HAVE GOT OPINIONS.
WHY DON'T YOU RUN FOR PRESIDENT?
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
HAVE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: ANY OTHER OFFICE LIKE SENATOR.
>> NO, NO,.
>> Stephen: STRAIGHT TO THE TOP.
>> STRAIGHT TO THE TOP.
BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT MY FAMILY THROUGH IT MY SIXIER OLD,
I TALK ABOUT IT WITH MY FAMILY, MY SIX YEAR OLD JAKE LOVES THE
IDEA BUT IT'S A LOT OF SCRUTINY AND MY KIDS ARE YOUNG.
I WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM.
TYPICALLY I JUST DISLIKE POLITICS.
BUT THIS YEAR IT'S SUCH A MESS AND WITH TRUMP GETTING SO
INVOLVED, I WAS ASKED.
I WAS ASKED BY A COUPLE OF SENATORS TO START A THIRD PARTY
RUN.
BUT IF I HAD DONE THAT, THEN THE WAY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORKS,
IF I WOULD HAVE WON ANY STATES, IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR TRUMP.
SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO YOU WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: DO YOU STILL HAVE FRIENDS BACK IN INDIANA.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT PENCE?
ANY GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIM?
>> ABOUT PENCE?
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: A REASONABLE QUESTION?
IT'S A REASONABLE QUESTION.
>> THE NEXT TIME I'M DRINKING IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, I WILL ASK
THEM ABOUT MIKE PENCE.
BUT THE NEXT TIME WILL BE THE FIRST TIME.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, SO NOW ON SHARK TANK YOU GUYS GRILL
PRETTY HARD THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROPOSING THEIR IDEAS.
>> YEAH, WE DO.
>> Stephen: YOU DO A LOT OF RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING.
IF SOMEONE WAS COMING TO YOU AND YOU ARE DECIDING WHO GETS TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENT, WHAT QUESTIONS WOULD YOU ASK CANDIDATES.
LIKE HOW WOULD YOU VET THEM?
>> ONE, I WOULD WANT TO TALK TO PEOPLE HE'S DONE BUSINESS WITH.
SO IF YOU NOTICE WITH TRUMP, IN THE WHOLE CONVENTION THING, NONE
OF HIS BUSINESS PARTNERS ARE COMING FORWARD.
THEY'RE NOT COMING FORWARD TO SPEAK.
THEY'RE NOT COMING FORWARD IN THE MEDIA TO SAY GOOD THINGS
ABOUT HIM.
THEY'RE NOT COMING FORWARD TO GIVE HIM MONEY.
SO THAT IS ONE RED CHECK MARK.
SO I WOULD FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD TALK TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE HE'S DONE-- HE'S DONE PROJECTS
FOR, RIGHT?
TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THEIR EXPERIENCE.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER DONE BUSINESS WITH HIM?
>> ONE TIME.
I HAD GIVE AND TAKE WITH HIM.
BUT WE DID AN MMA PROJECT ABOUT 2009, I THINK, JUST A LITTLE
DEAL.
BUT NOTHING OF ANY CONSEQUENCE.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU DO BUSINESS WITH HIM AGAIN,
BILLIONAIRE TO BILLIONAIRE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, AS LONG AS HE DOES WHAT I TELL HIM TO DO, I'M
FINE WITH IT.
>> Stephen: MARK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
MARK CUBAN, EVERYBODY.