Longtime Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was quite unimpressed with the performance of Joe Biden in Thursday night’s debate against Donald Trump, but he came to the president’s defense a little bit, as well.
In a post on social media on Friday morning, Mark Cuban admitted that Joe Biden had an “awful” performance at the debate on Thursday night, but he defended him a little bit, pointing out that at least Biden was ethical and honest compared to Donald Trump.
“His performance was awful. But so was Trump’s. Biden was feeble. Trump couldn’t directly answer a single question and lied with every response. The question is what features voters believe make a better POTUS : Feeble, Capable and Ethical vs Vigorous, Unethical and Incapable of telling the truth. I’ll vote ethical every time,” Cuban said.
Cuban went on to point out that Biden was simply not capable of winning a debate against Trump, given his debate style.
“The reality is Joe wasn’t capable last night of debating someone who only lies. He doesn’t have the energy or ability to shout him down, hold him accountable and laugh at Trump’s responses. Joe could have held his own against a candidate that actually can discuss policy. But that wasn’t the challenge last night and Joe wasn’t prepared or capable of dealing with Donald and his style,” Cuban said.
Cuban went on to explain that even despite the poor performance in the debate, he still trusts Biden to lead the country more than Trump and thinks that he has a strong track record from the past three years.
“That doesn’t make Biden’s performance any less awful. But, he answered the questions he was asked, even if the presentation was underwhelming. And we have the last 3 plus years and of his being POTUS with out his getting laughed or smirked at, no tell-alls or leaks discussing his incompetence. No former advisors or cabinet members saying they won’t vote for him. That gives me confidence that in the normal duties of the Presidency he can hold his own and do the job,” Cuban said.
It obviously wasn’t a strong showing from Biden, but Cuban still sounds confident in him and his ability to lead the country.
