Clinton, Cuban: Trump will do what's best for his bank account, not the country

[highplainsdem]

Source: CNN

Pittsburgh (CNN) Hillary Clinton, joined by billionaire investor Mark Cuban, questioned Friday whether Donald Trump would put his financial interests over the well-being of the United States.

Clinton, at an event inside Heinz Field here, painted a picture for voters where Trump would put his own financial security over what is best for voters.

"Ask yourself, so if he is sitting across the table negotiating with people from those countries, is he going to put his own financial interests ahead of America's interests?" Clinton asked. "I can tell you this, when I am sitting across the table from the Russians or anyone else, I know who I am representing: the American people."

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"A (Vladimir) Putin, or an (Julian) Assange, would say to him, 'Donald, if you do this, I will give you $20 billion.' What is 20 billion to them? What is 30 billion?" Cuban asked. "For them, that is nothing. If Donald Trump, who rips off people for thousand -- do you think he is going to do what is right for the country, or do you think he is going to take the money?"

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/04/politics/mark-cuban-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/index.html

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Editing to add followup comments reported in a USA Today article:

Cuban not ‘kidding’ about Trump bribery risks

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/04/mark-cuban-trump-bribery/93300972/

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban says he was not kidding when he warned that Donald Trump could be bribed by foreign governments.

After a rally in Pittsburgh Friday, in which he said Trump values his bank account above all else, Cuban joined Hillary Clinton on her campaign plane for a short flight to Detroit. It was then that he came to the back of the plane to underscore to reporters what he’d said during the rally.

“I was serious,” Cuban told reporters about his belief that Trump could be susceptible to bribery from foreign powers. “Given what’s at stake, it’s certainly not inconceivable, and actually likely, that he could be bribed. Would any of us as Americans trust Donald Trump to say no to a $20 or $30 billion offer just to do something?”

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When he came to the back of the press cabin, Cuban returned repeatedly to the bribery point. “You think I’m kidding,” he said. “I’m not.”

[Thinkingabout]

1. Not for this country, maybe Russia.

[lark]

2. He doesn't give a damn about Russia.

The only thing he wants from Russia is $$, which they have promised him big time if he removes the sanctions and probably, based on what he's said, if he cuts NATO and lets them invade other countries at will. Drumpf cares about nothing except himself, his $$ and his ego, that's it and that's all there is. Everything else, including his wife and children, are just accessories of HIM.

[Thinkingabout]

3. He doesnt want to anger his puppeteer.

[lark]

5. Oh, he'll do what Putin says,

he'd do anything to get $$ again, even sell out the world at Putin's "request".

[Orsino]

4. And even fuck *that* up.

Always has.