When it was announced that Donald Trump would run for president, everyone thought it was a colossal joke.  Fast forward a few months later and Trump is leading the GOP race, and it’s a significant lead at that.  Suddenly things that were once a political killer – massive wealth, limited governing experience, even ego-bursting levels of narcissism – have been turned into strengths.  Now there’s another billionaire with those some traits who’s considering throwing his hat in the ring, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

Asked whether he’d ever run for president, Cuban wrote:

“I get asked every day. It’s a fun idea to toss around. If I ran as a Dem, I know I could beat Hillary Clinton. And if it was me vs. Trump, I would crush him. No doubt about it.”

To Mark Cuban, all this makes sense. Having a billion dollars—that famous “three-comma” net worth—gives a candidate a certain swagger.

“Rich people just have a little more arrogance to think we know more than everyone else,” Cuban wrote.

Cuban said he’d focus on five top economic problems the country needs to solve.

Those include, he said, income inequality, college debt, overly complex taxes and cybersecurity. “How we deploy bytes and the superiority of our national hackers is far more important than bombs or bullets,” he wrote. “You want to stop a bomb? Hack it.”

Would you vote for him?

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source: CNBC