[SamAdams76]

He won't have to worry about spending $1b of his own money, especially if he gets the nomination as he'll then have the apparatus and resources of the Republican Party behind him and he's already getting donations now. Sure, he's rejecting the obvious "bribe money" from lobbyists but he'll bring in hundreds of millions in small donations from individuals.

When Trump got into this campaign back in June, I laughed along with everybody else. I'm not laughing now. Trump has been Reaganesque in New Hampshire and Iowa these last couple of days. He handles the press (and their tough questions) effortlessly with humor and guile.

I don't see how he can be stopped now.

[Resettozero]

Query: Is DT accepting donations personally or to a properly-registered committee?

It’s still my understanding Trump is self-funding only, although his business income is bolstered by the sale of Trump merchandise.

[mrsmith]

I’ve come around from laughing to thinking he could do it too.
But I’m still impressed by how difficult it will be to hold his coalition together as he has to get more and more specific on issues.
I also don’t think he can count on all that much support from the GOP organization. But OTOH GOP candidates may be begging him to campaign for him by then!

He’s certainly made things interesting.