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Mark Cuban congratulated Donald Trump for winning the 2024 election. Here's a timeline of their 'love-hate relationship.'

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Mark Cuban congratulated Donald Trump this week on winning his second term in the White House .

Cuban once supported Trump 's political aspirations, but later became an outspoken critic.

The two billionaires have cycled through seeing each other as rivals, business partners, friends, and enemies.

Here's a look back at their complicated friendship.

Trump wrote on X in 2017 that Cuban was "not smart enough to run for president" Cuban told The Huffington Post that Trump 's online outburst was likely tied to a New York Post article naming Cuban as a potential 2020 challenger.

Forbes reported in 2022 that Cuban had, in fact, considered running for president in 2020 .