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Whether Mark Cuban wanted to “go there” or not, his politics became a key focus while teaming up with the president, earning jibes at the White House before he deleted a post aimed at detractors.

On Monday, President Donald Trump was joined by administration officials and partners in his TrumpRX effort to provide Americans with access to affordable, generic pharmaceuticals. Joining in that effort, online pharmacy Cost Plus Drugs founder Cuban took heat over his support for Democrats, leading him to walk back a post after he lashed out at those he deemed a “f*cking idiot.”

“If anyone thinks I’m going to put politics ahead of helping Americans reduce their cost of healthcare and pharmaceuticals, they are a f*cking idiot. Tell me one person who thinks that healthcare economics are well run in this country,” Cuban posted. “It’s the biggest affordability issue, and the greatest fear of most families is that they won’t be able to afford a significant healthcare or medication cost. The goal is the goal. And that goal is to change healthcare. I’ve been saying it for years and will continue to work on this.”

After taking the post down, the billionaire wrote, “Deleted the last post because I decided cursing didn’t make my point. It hurt it. And I rarely care about cursing.”

During the event itself, the president touted the expansion of TrumpRx with the addition of 600 generic drugs made possible through partnerships with GoodRX, Amazon Pharmacy, and Cost Plus Drugs, directing users to those sites for lower-cost pharmaceuticals.

When asked about working with Cuban, whose company tacks a 15% markup onto the base cost with an additional $5 fee and $5 shipping charge, given his endorsement of then-Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election, Trump responded, “Well, he made a mistake. It was a big mistake.”

“I have a lot of respect for Mark, frankly, and I always have,” added the president.

Cuban similarly tried to keep partisanship out of the conversation as he was asked repeatedly about his leanings outside the White House.

When specifically asked about his support for Harris, he remarked, “I’m not going into my politics at all.”

The former regular on ABC’s “Shark Tank” also dismissed any notion that he was considering his own future White House bid, expressing, “Hell no. It’s too hot here.”

When asked about the president’s remark, Cuban expressed, “He was playing.”

“I’m not going to go there; it doesn’t matter,” he reiterated on the subject of partisanship. “My politics don’t matter to this at all.”

To that point, during the event, the president said of the relationship with Cuban where it concerns the mission, “We have the same thing — one thing — in common. We want to make people better and keep them healthy.”

“Democrats want cheaper medications, too. When all is said and done, the goal is the goal. How do we make medications and healthcare cheaper? That’s all I care about,” argued Cuban while social media takes flooded in.

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