[Hawthorn]

>> Trump doesn’t need nor want their money <<

I don’t think that’s correct. As I recall, Trump has said he’d commit up to 100 million of his own funds. But a national run for POTUS is likely to cost a billion or more.

And don’t tell me he’s worth eight billion. That figure is not accepted by hard-nosed financial analysts, because it assumes that the mystical Trump “brand” is worth about six billion all by itself. His actual assets appear to be around 2.5 billion, almost all tied up in non-liquid real estate. His free cash reserves have been estimated at anywhere from 50 to 200 million.

(And if you think he’s going to mortgage his real estate to finance a risky POTUS campaign, you may want to enter the bidding for that well-known bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn.)

[conservative98]

I don’t think that’s correct. As I recall, Trump has said he’d commit up to 100 million of his own funds. But a national run for POTUS is likely to cost a billion or more.

Here's the thing. He said he would spend up to $1 billion to win the nomination. But he said yesterday a more realistic number he would need is $100 million to win the nomination. After he gets the nomination, he said he will rely on the RNC for funds and he is getting a lot of free publicity.

[catnipman]

Trump has said over and over again that he’s going to 100% self-finance.