There’s a big difference between your friend Joe Schome and a billionaire. Trump could have spent millions to oust Reid, either at the ballot box or with a hit man, if he had so desired, rather than pay him off. Has he apologized?
The question is how big his involvement was there in 2010. If he got a look at the field (and let’s face it, it was all second-tier), he might’ve decided it wasn’t worth wasting money on. Would you have dumped $$ into Angle’s candidacy ? If I was working for Trump, I’d have told him not to spend one red cent on her, because she was a proven loser. Sometimes you have to pick your battles.
I don’t think even Trump has enough money to oust Reid and I don’t believe he’d hire a hit man (although Reid might.)