Mark Cuban might make a good president someday, but he hasn't ventured far into politics.

At least, until this year.

The part owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks and a "Shark Tank" investor isn't exactly a Republican. But I've interviewed him several times since 2015, and I've never seen him until now campaign hard for a Democrat, especially not a progressive ticket.

Yet, Cuban has been on the campaign trail for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and just interviewed the vice president for her YouTube page.

What does the Texas billionaire see in the Harris campaign? And why is he at war with another famous Texas billionaire, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk?

I asked Cuban about his recent foray into politics.

Cuban had for years feuded off and on with the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, even before the New Yorker's venture into politics. But in 2015, Cuban said Trump was "probably the best thing to happen to politics in a long, long time."

Cuban originally thought it would be good if Trump, a fellow businessman, could shift the state of American politics.

"I was like, ‘He's great. He's not a typical Stepford candidate. I thought that was a positive,' " Cuban told former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in a recent interview.

He quickly changed his mind.

In a 2017 column I wrote for the Daily Beast, Cuban told me that Trump was an "idiot," but that he himself wasn't a “liberal.”

"Are you a liberal now? Or even a far-left progressive?" I asked him in an email this month in light of his active support for Harris.

"lol. No. I’m still independent and make up my mind on a position by position basis," Cuban wrote back. "I know Harris would make a better President. That’s the only reason I’m supporting her."

"If it were up to me they could make political parties illegal and I would be happy," Cuban added.

That sentiment will likely disappoint conservatives, confuse liberals and........

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