Mark Cuban Deletes Profanity-Containing Post Firing Back At Critics Over Trump White House Appearance

BreakingBusinessBreaking NewsMark Cuban Deletes Profanity-Containing Post Firing Back At Critics Over Trump White House AppearanceByZachary Folk,Forbes Staff. I cover breaking news.Follow AuthorMay 18, 2026, 08:23pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.ToplineBillionaire Mark Cuban, the co-founder of online pharmacy Cost Plus Drugs, sparked blowback Monday for appearing with President Donald Trump at a White House event to announce an expansion of the TrumpRx platform, later deleting an X post defending his appearance that suggested anyone who “thinks I’m going to put politics ahead of helping Americans reduce their cost of healthcare and pharmaceuticals” is a “f—-- idiot.”Cuban, a former Kamala Harris supporter, appeared with Trump after announcing the partnership.Getty ImagesKey FactsCuban defended his company’s partnership with the Trump administration to list generic drugs on the TrumpRx website, but later deleted the post he made afterward because “cursing didn’t make my point.”Some on social media were critical of Cuban, who endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, appearing with Trump, who at one point while taking questions at Monday’s event defended the creation of a controversial $1.8 billion fund that could go toward Jan. 6 rioters.“He should have walked off. That said it’s not easy to do that. Just would have been nice,” former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., tweeted Monday, sharing a video of Cuban standing behind Trump while the president lauded the fund, created as part of a settlement to resolve a lawsuit he brought against the IRS.Cuban after the event also brushed off a question about whether he regrets backing Harris, saying “I’m not going into my politics at all”—after Trump joked during the event that Cuban knew it was a “mistake” to back his competitor in the prior election. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe...