Trump said he would self-fund the nomination, and he has, except for “solidarity” donations from small donors and his very popular gear being for sale. (I’m in for one tee-shirt and $20 for the Veterans fund). He never even asked for them, and seemed embarrassed that people did that.
Trump’s not a stupid businessman. Because of federal matching funds, wouldn’t it be a foolish financial move to not accept campaign donations?
One of Trump’s strongest campaign arguments is that. Many of the others are wasting incredible amounts of donor cash, while he has managed his campaign financing very wisely.
Thanks, grania....your educated reply deserves repeating.
Thanks for posting this, CW....it shows that Trump is a man of his word....he’s self-financed his primary campaign, all but for the small, individual donations he’s received.
Go Trump!!
“Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump funded his campaign over the past three months with the help of $10.8 million in loans the billionaire made to his campaign, according to reports.
The billionaire real estate tycoon donated $100,000 to his campaign and also raised $2.6 million from supporters mostly in Florida and California, NBC News reported
Trump’s campaign said in the previous quarter that it raised $3.8 million and had $225,000 cash on hand, spending just $100,000 of his own money and enjoying free media coverage.
The celebrity candidate often boasts that he is self-funding his campaign and draws large amounts of national and local media attention compared to his GOP rivals.
Trump spent $306,000 in the latest quarter on payroll and channeled $60,000 to a consulting firm run by his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, according to NBC News.
He listed another $550,000 for field consulting and $82,500 for policy consulting.
The financials were released late Sunday night on the eve of the Iowa caucus.”