All of this about Trump's childish character has long been known to those willing to have studied his background. Honestly, it only takes an hour or two. He's a first rate open borders whore, and always has been. No, what took a hit was your mistaken understanding of his business acumen and personal character. He thought he could get away without the expense of a ground game. He was wrong. In New Hampshire he's still wrong. That strategy won't work until he gets to Super Tuesday, but after showing his obvious petulance as a loser, he may not get that far intact.
Trump does not have the kind of cash he says he does, especially after the Resorts bankruptcy of 2014. Virtually all his assets are illiquid. He sure as hell can't sell or hock "goodwill." Hence, Trump can't afford the cash for a ground game and still buy advertising time without hocking everything (as he's been known to do by the way). He had to do this with tweets and free air time courtesy of the MSM or else to the well hat in hand no longer capable of pretending he can't be bought.
Guess we’ll see. I still prefer him to St. Ted.
Exactly: Just as in The Emperor's New Clothes, what you say is so obvious that most folks apparently will divert their attention and refuse to notice.
Anyway, the facts as you outline them are precisely why I think all this "self-funding" talk is a crock of record-breaking dimensions.
Still, let's not bother trying to persuade the dedicated Trumpsters. It's a waste of time and bandwidth, because they are basically impervious to both facts and logic.