A brief history of Trump, Cuban's latest flap

President Donald Trump went from tweeting about his meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to sending this on Sunday:

Huh? That seems a little out of left field. First, here's how the Dallas Mavericks owner responded:

Cuban. it turns out, figured out the reason. He told Huffington Post it was potentially related to a New York Post piece speculating on who could challenge Trump in 2020:

Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, asked consultants to scour the backgrounds of four outspoken Democrats - Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, two sources close to the administration said. …

But the White House's "biggest fear" is that Cuban, a billionaire businessman, would run because he can appeal to Republicans and independents, the sources said.

"He's not a typical candidate," the second insider said. "He appeals to a lot of people the same way Trump did."

This would hardly be the first time the two have traded jabs on social media. But if Cuban's secretly planning a run in three years, mark this down as the first exchange in that context.

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