When he says self financing the campaign is “not worth it” I think he means the payoff isn’t worth it monetarily. He can make tons of more money running his companies than he can sitting in the white house.
Then again, maybe he means it’s not worth it to spend that much money to come in second. What do I know?
What he means is Iowa didn’t deserve the Trump 1flybys or team Trump lodging in fleabag hotels eating Iowa pig slop with no hot chicks to check out.