Image by getty images

At the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton succeeded in getting rival Donald Trump to lose his cool. She hopes to repeat the feat at tonight’s third and final debate in Las Vegas — and her campaign thinks that inviting fellow billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban might do the trick.

Cant wait to give a big hug to my bestie @realDonaldTrump at the debate tomorrow night. I know you miss me !

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) October 18, 2016

Forwarding the News

Thoughtful, balanced reporting from the Forward and around the web, bringing you updated news and analysis each day.

Terms(Required)

I agree to the Forward's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Email(Required)

Cuban and Trump have a feud that dates to September, when Cuban announced that he supported Clinton and ripped into the Republican nominee’s economic plans. Referring to them as “gibberish,” he offered to give Trump $10 million to argue over them in a debate with him.

At the time, Trump responded to Cuban by mocking the latter’s success as a television star — in the early 2000s, when Trump rode “The Apprentice” to fame, a similar program on ABC hosted by Mark Cuban flopped.

The spat continued into the first debate on September 26, with the Clinton camp inviting Cuban to the event after Trump warned he might seat Bill Clinton’s former mistress Gennifer Flowers in the hall. At the next debate, the Republican nominee brought as guests several other women who had accused Bill Clinton of sexual improprieties.

Last night, Cuban kept up the ribbing on Twitter, with posts mocking Trump’s brand and campaigning ability.

Reacting to new reports that Trump would not put his name on a new hotel, perhaps in response to the negative image his presidential bid has developed, Cuban wrote, “Wow!!! Trump won’t put his name on new hotels. Even he knows his brand is over. Say goodnight Donnie.”

Contact Daniel J. Solomon at [email protected] or on Twitter @DanielJSolomon

The Forward is free to read, but it isn’t free to produce

I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward.

Now more than ever, American Jews need independent news they can trust, with reporting driven by truth, not ideology. We serve you, not any ideological agenda.

At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse.

Readers like you make it all possible. We’ve started our Passover Fundraising Drive, and we need 1,800 readers like you to step up to support the Forward by April 21. Members of the Forward board are even matching the first 1,000 gifts, up to $70,000.

This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism, because every dollar goes twice as far.

—  Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO

2X match on all Passover gifts!

$90 → $180 $180 → $360

$360 → $720

Other amount