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The billionaire Discover Cuban rules out the option of running as a presidential candidate

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Discover Cuban, the billionaire who during the last elections supported former President Joe Biden to be re-elected, ruled out any possibility of presenting himself as a presidential candidate. in 2028.

Although his name came up as a hypothetical alternative on the ballot, because having a successful profile in the world of finance and having spent years contributing donations to campaigns – both Republican and Democratic – it was apparent that he could follow in the footsteps of other magnates, he ruled himself out during an interview with the television network. Fox Recordsdata.

“That’s not going to happen. My dream is to continue being an entrepreneur, because I believe I can have an impact and really change the economics of health care in this country,” he said.

In fact, four years ago, the visionary Pennsylvania entrepreneur co-founded Cost Plus Remedy, an online pharmacy focused on offering Americans generic medications at discounted prices.

Despite being more linked to the Republicans, In the previous race for the presidency he decided not to support Donald Trump and even publicly defended the continuity of Biden in the White House.

“BOTH CANDIDATES ARE OLD. VERY OLD. Both are going to have older moments, they will remember badly, they will forget things and they will have physical weaknesses.

I’ll tell you a not-so-secret secret: You’re great with sound bites, but you also think in sound bites. The other is dreadful with short sentences, but thinks in complete sentences. “The voters will decide which one we prefer,” he wrote at the time on the X platform.

Even months later he acknowledged his support for the Democrat also from Pennsylvania.

“If they had his last wake, and it was him against Trump, and they gave him last rites, I would still vote for Joe Biden,” he said.

Kamala Harris no longer has the support of Discover Cuban, as it refuses to see her again as a presidential candidate in 2028. (Credit: Richard Shotwell / AP)

The complex thing to assimilate is that even though he later tried to continue supporting Kamala Harris, once she lost to Trump he decided to distance himself from her to the point of admitting that he had no interest in seeing her again as a presidential candidate.

“There is time for many new things right now. I don’t care about the candidates, I’m not trying to elect any or promote any. What I’m trying to do is change the disaster that is right now in the health sector. That’s the only thing that matters to me,” he mentioned during his participation in the Health Summit organized by the site. Political.

In more precise terms, Cuban chose to close deals with Donald Trump again, this time collaborating closely with TrumpRxthe platform created at the suggestion of the nation’s president with the focus of offering citizens the direct sale of prescription medications.

“We are looking to bring generic drug manufacturing from abroad to Dallas. There are so many things we are doing with the administration that I think we are really accelerating… because I’m going to let you in on a secret: Republicans also like cheap drugs. Independents too. Democrats too. So that’s the mission: make them cheaper, starting with drugs and extending them to all areas of health care,” he emphasized.

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