That’s how it looks to me.
It’s in Trump’s blood to spend money frugally. Sure, if he want’s something that costs money, fine, but he sure doesn’t blow it when he doesn’t have to.
If he can run a campaign on a shoe-string, he does it.
If he can get free publicity, he gives cause to obtain it.
He’s a crafty old fox.
Trump really is brilliant in that regard and this is the sign of a self made man who earns his own money.
The other candidates are nothing more than kept poodles in a poodle palace known as the Federal government. They have no clue what it is to make money in the real world. They live in a world of very little consequences.