Mark Cuban
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I'm not saying he's at fault that the riots happened.
Well, I'm not done with the wrong stuff. But wait, there's more.
Well, I'm not done with the wrong stuff. But wait, there's more.
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Well, he inherited some for sure.
Well, he inherited some for sure.
And there wasn't really a war that happened in Turkey. And then when we got shut down, he didn't know there wasn't really a war. I'll agree with that.
And there wasn't really a war that happened in Turkey. And then when we got shut down, he didn't know there wasn't really a war. I'll agree with that.
And what I'm saying is the corollary of that, the analogy to that is what happened in Yemen.
And what I'm saying is the corollary of that, the analogy to that is what happened in Yemen.
and that we had a chance to get out of yemen and reduce the deaths in yemen much like they're talking about getting us out of the out of ukraine now and we had the opportunity to stop selling um weapons but he looked the best i could tell he looked at that as a sales opportunity to sell to mbs all these weapons and he thought that was a positive so
and that we had a chance to get out of yemen and reduce the deaths in yemen much like they're talking about getting us out of the out of ukraine now and we had the opportunity to stop selling um weapons but he looked the best i could tell he looked at that as a sales opportunity to sell to mbs all these weapons and he thought that was a positive so
A lot of people died and we're still in there today. So it's not he had a chance to get us out and he did not. So I'm not arguing that he's perfect and Biden's perfect and it's tit for tat. It just is what it is. I'm just saying state making this statement of fact, you know, and that's it.
A lot of people died and we're still in there today. So it's not he had a chance to get us out and he did not. So I'm not arguing that he's perfect and Biden's perfect and it's tit for tat. It just is what it is. I'm just saying state making this statement of fact, you know, and that's it.
So let me give you the one last thing and then we'll keep going. So then I'll go to some positives. So the next thing you can actually trace that Yemen war. I can't say you actually I'm a little bit of hyperbole, but I can trace that from that Yemen war to the start of inflation. And here's how I explain that.
So let me give you the one last thing and then we'll keep going. So then I'll go to some positives. So the next thing you can actually trace that Yemen war. I can't say you actually I'm a little bit of hyperbole, but I can trace that from that Yemen war to the start of inflation. And here's how I explain that.
And so in Yemen, he did a deal for his boy in Saudi Arabia and sent them all the weapons in 2019. Fast forward one year and you're in May, April, let's say of 2020. And you're looking at the price of gas, the lowest it's ever been, the price of oil just collapsing. At one point, people were paying you to take their oil. And so there was an opportunity.
And so in Yemen, he did a deal for his boy in Saudi Arabia and sent them all the weapons in 2019. Fast forward one year and you're in May, April, let's say of 2020. And you're looking at the price of gas, the lowest it's ever been, the price of oil just collapsing. At one point, people were paying you to take their oil. And so there was an opportunity.
He made a decision because there was a situation that came up. The oil companies came in and said, this price of oil being so low is killing us, right? We're losing a lot of money. We anticipate losing more because with the pandemic now starting, demand is dropping like a rock. And that was coming from the oil companies. And so what he did, he said, OK, MBS owes me a favor over in Saudi Arabia.