Posted on 08/15/2015 11:49:58 AM PDT by jimbo123
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump offered kids helicopter rides in a show of wealth as he bragged Saturday that he is willing to spend $1 billion on his presidential campaign.
"I'm turning down so much money," Trump said at a press conference kicking off his weekend trip to Iowa to visit the State Fair, with his black helicopter emblazoned with "Trump" and children standing in the background.
Trump touted turning down a $5 million donation offer this week before saying he would spend $1 billion on his 2016 Republican presidential bid "if I had to."
"Nobody else would do the job that I will do," Trump said, mentioning jobs, the military, care for veterans and the "catastrophe" of ObamaCare, which he said he would get rid of.
Trump whirled into the Iowa State Fair this weekend on his private helicopter, descending on a scene scouted out by many other presidential candidates from both parties.
Trump flew to Iowa on Saturday morning on his 757 after a rally in New Hampshire the previous night, before taking his helicopter from the airport toward the fair.
Trump said his campaign planned to put out position papers in the next few weeks, including one on taxes. The first, on immigration, is expected to come Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
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One real, two decoy, one back up.
Yep, the cream of the crop. It’s the same with embassy duty. You got to be a squared away Marine to get those gigs.
My brother was offered embassy duty in the Air Force if he’d re-up. When he turned that down they mentioned him being SOD Melvin Laird’s traveling security. He actually told his superior he was afraid he might shoot the s.o.b. They didn’t think that was funny but they knew he wasn’t going to re-up either.
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