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To: SeekAndFind; Impy; BillyBoy

We can only Trust Trump because he is the only one with enough money to not have to raise any for his campaigns.

Everyone else is disqualified for not having enough of their own $$$. (and Cruz especially for being Canadian)

That is why Trump is debating by himself Thursday, no one else is qualified to debate him.

Trump wins by default, the only one legitimate candidate

Trump makes the rules.


31 posted on 01/27/2016 8:14:49 AM PST by sickoflibs (Donald Trump : 'It will be wonderful. It will be glorious., You will be amazed, Just wait')
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To: sickoflibs

RE: We can only Trust Trump because he is the only one with enough money to not have to raise any for his campaigns.

I have my doubts about Trump’s ability to self-finance.

Don’t get me wrong. I would certainly vote for Trump if he’s the nominee.

However, I have two major qualms about him.

The first is that I question how conservative he’d be if he gets into office. Given his mixed track record on conservative issues, I doubt if even the most diehard Trump fans would hold that against me, but the bigger problem is that I just don’t think he can win a general election.

There are a number of reasons for that, but the largest one is that Trump couldn’t be FINANCIALLY COMPETITIVE.

That may seem bizarre since we’re talking about a man whose name is synonymous with wealth, but even Donald Trump doesn’t have enough money to self-finance a general election run at the presidency.

Keep in mind that Hillary Clinton and the Super Pacs supporting her will spend north of 3 BILLION DOLLARS.

On the other hand, if you take away the value of his NAME, Trump’s net worth is probably somewhere in the 3-4 billion dollar range and most of it is tied up in ASSETS.

Ask yourself if Donald Trump is really going to sell Trump Tower, the Trump International Hotel, his golf courses and his other properties at cut rate prices to pour the money into his political campaign.

It may not even be possible, but even if it is, do you really think Trump would liquidate most of his fortune to run for President? When you consider that Trump has been so tight-fisted during the primary that he might run the first Presidential campaign ever to turn a profit, it seems very unlikely.

On top of that, keep in mind that Donald Trump has made the fact that he’s self-funding a central part of his messaging. If Trump were to win and change his mind, not only would it hurt him with his core supporters, it probably wouldn’t be all that effective.

Trump’s fund raising operation so far has understandably been mediocre and the Super Pacs that were gearing up to support him were asked to stand down. Those Super Pacs were particularly important because there are hard limits on what rich supporters can give to campaigns, but not on what they can give to a Super Pac. Without major help from Super PACs, it’s highly unlikely that Donald Trump could win a general election.


35 posted on 01/27/2016 8:25:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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