[Timber Rattler]

But, I've been told repeatedly by Trump supporters here and elsewhere that he's a billionaire, and that he doesn't need outside money for his campaign, which is one of the things that supposedly makes him "special" and unbeholden to outside interests.

That's the claim anyway.

The truth is that Trump likes to hoard his own wealth and use other people's money for his interests.

[vivenne]

No, his first campaign in 2016 he funded. I think he did take campaign money from the RNC from the 2020 campaign which is different than taking direct donations with an expected return on investment. He also has had the RNC pay for some of his legal bills related to all the impeachment stuff and he has more legal bills that he will have to pay for himself.
That said, we get it, you hate him. Why waste your life coming here to tell that to strangers?

[nickcarraway]

I don’t think Trump’s actually a billionaire, but it doesn’t matter. I thought he’s made it clear he’s not spending his own money to campaign or anything.

[nickcarraway]

It’s his right not to spend his own money if he wants. But he has to get the money from somewhere. But he’d probably be okay with running an underfunded campaign. In fairness, he does get more media coverage than any presidential candidate in history.