“Shark Tank” host, entrepreneur and investor Kevin O’Leary has just given celebrating Democrats a vicious dose of reality.
The “Shark Tank” star appeared on Fox News, and he said that by convicting Trump in his Manhattan trial, what Democrats really did was ensure he was elected as the 4th President of the United States.
“I’m a supporter of entrepreneurship in America and I will support any president that supports entrepreneurs. They create 62% of the jobs in this country. But on this particular day, which is historic and has been detailed since yesterday, I have a bit of a different take, and I’m thinking about the history of this. It’s really unique. It’s a moment in time we’re living through that’s never happened before,” the investor said.
“I was over in Europe last week raising funds, and they were intrigued by this because, generally speaking, you don’t do this to ex-prime ministers or presidents in the G7. This is what happens in South America in some countries like Venezuela. But here we are. I mean there’s many Venezuelan presidents that have been indicted and been to jail, et cetera. I hope we are not making our brand look like that,” the “Shark Tank” star said.
“I actually think in retrospect years from now when we look at this outcome if President Trump wins the presidency and I think it’s 50/50. But if he does, the person that put him there, and this may sound rather unique, is Alvin Bragg. I will tell you why I say that. Before he got in the range of any charges 2 years ago, a third of the Republican party was looking for an alternative to Trump because of the chaos, as they said. They wanted a new leader to get away from this and all the issues they had with January 6th and everything else, and then Bragg brought these charges. And the whole party coalesced behind him in a matter of 48 hours. And then the country bifurcated, and everything became very, very intense. Fundraising of both sides went up. Both parties got behind their candidate. And, actually, what’s going to happen here, you may disagree with this, but if Trump becomes president, he actually owes this to Alvin Bragg. Alvin Bragg made Donald Trump president again. That’s what happened. And I know that sounds crazy but I think history will look on this is exactly how it occurred. Because it was that moment when Trump was losing traction in the party and Bragg brought right back to 110% for him. That may be an unintended consequence, but that’s what history will say,” O’Leary concluded.
