"Self-Funded" Trump Preparing to Seek Big-Donor Money

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The billionaire presidential candidate who prides himself on paying his own way and bashed his competition for relying on political donors now wants their money - and lots of it.

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, recently hired a national finance chairman, scheduled his first fundraiser and is on the cusp of signing a deal with the Republican Party that would enable him to solicit donations of more than $300,000 apiece from supporters.

His money-raising begins right away.

The still-forming finance team is planning a dialing-for-dollars event on the fifth floor of Trump Tower in New York, and the campaign is at work on a fundraising website focused on small donations. In addition to a May 25 fundraiser at the Los Angeles home of real estate developer Tom Barrack, he'll hold another soon thereafter in New York.

The political newcomer faces a gargantuan task: A general election campaign can easily run up a $1 billion tab. For the primary race, Trump spent a tiny fraction of that amount - he's estimated $50 million of his own money, plus about $12 million from donors who sought his campaign out on their own.

Trump told The Associated Press in an interview this week that he will spend minimally on a data operation that can help identify and turn out voters. And he's betting that the media's coverage of his rallies and celebrity personality will reduce his need for pricey television advertising.

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And so, we come to the true reason for yesterday's meeting between Orange Crush and Paul Ryan.

C'mon righties, everybody sing along: "He's not in anyone's pocket!"

Do you ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

LOL.



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so i heard bernies running out of cash for his campaign leading into calif he can't compete with hillary in commercials, hows that working out for him only getting small donations..you see theres not enough of us small folks donations on the republican side to put trump threw the general election

 

Trump is too cheap to spend his own money in the General election.

The crybaby went bankrupt when his casinos lost money. Did anybody really expect him to use a billion of his own money in the General?

Now he is just like any other politician. Taking money from fatcats and beholden to special interests.

Everybody saw this coming.
(Except of course the most delusional among the blinded Trump legions).

 

here see.. self funding and small donners aren't cutting it the victory cake
https://bluenationreview.com/bernies-cash-machine-is-running-out-of-gas/

 

Yet again he goes back on another campaign slogan that fooled the rubes into voting for him. "he can't be bought!!" screamed the mouth breathing masses. He might as well put a price tag on his ugly orange face.

 

because the us mice are broke paying for all the democrats handouts and trying to help finance trumps campaign at the same time, so we need a hungry trump cat to counter hillary fat rats funding.

 

Trump selling out to Wall Street and lobbyists...he said he gave money to buy political favors, so him taking money must be him selling favors

 

DEFLECT

Trump has lied to you EVERY EFFING DAY ABOUT EVERY EFFING THING AND YOU DON'T CARE!

 

primary election is cheap. trump self funded that one, but the general election you need some sponsors to continue that race.

 

hes NOT taking it. there giving to him thats the difference, but he doesn't need a favor from them he got enough already

 

Are you that enamored by drump that you're willing to let every single thing he said to get the nomination turn out to be a lie? How many times did he brag about being self funded and very, very rich? Now, he won't release his tax returns and has his hand out to every donor willing to spend. Look, I understand it's hard admitting you were wrong, but this is only going to get worse. If you think he was under a microscope before, it hasn't even started.

 

Not at all surprised.

Going from not taking money to taking money only tells me that he wasn't serious about running, but is now.

 

Good for Trump, go Donald. Kick the Old Shoe's butt all the way to Arkansas (not that good people of Arkansas want her, I'm sure.

 

care is a emotional word play by yah try another word, maybe it will work this time on me..

 

Trump Derangement Syndrome is already at epidemic levels, and the election is still almost 6 months away !!

All these liberals will be DOA with exploded heads long before then.

Meanwhile, elections cost money. General elections lots of money. Good for Trump going out and getting it !! Lots of folks want to see the illegals kicked out. See China made to heel. Hell, simply want Clinton for prison. Both of them.

 

It is worth to get Trump into the White House just to see how many Democrats ***** ** ************ *** ****

 

So you think we should pick hillary, who has a price tag tattooed on her ass?

[video=youtube;_NTPrvwoGVs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NTPrvwoGVs[/video]

[video=youtube;XZR2kOIG2Ag]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZR2kOIG2Ag[/video]

 

now the old wide paint brush comes out, like we didn't expect this from yah

come on not a bob Dillon song now from yah?
[video=youtube;vWwgrjjIMXA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA[/video]

 

Not surprising. Republicans have already abandoned every principle they ever pretended to hold dear to nominate this clown. Why not elect a guy most powerful man in the world just to thumb your nose at the opposition? Country be dammed, right? Pathetic.

 

No LOL He has funded himself up to this point. No one else does it, especially not Hillary. In order to launch the real campaign between now and November, he needs serious money and he is entitled to it just as the others are.

 

you guys are so predictable, how about instead of deflecting to Hillary or Bernie, you actual...you know...address the OP?

What you are basically admitting is Trump is like any other politician.

 

You don't understand. You don't have the required cognition to detect deceit. You don't choose to discriminate between a lying POS and a real human being.

Hope that helps. Know it won't.

 

Don't dodge. Answer for your candidate reversing on the promises and nonsensical assertions he made just a few months ago. If you can.

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This is impossible. None of them want to confront the reality of the monster they created.

 

Exactly my thoughts. Four years of Trump will be fun to watch.

 

I'm afraid so and one by one, the rationales used to support Trump, like being self funded, drop by the wayside. However Trump is now at the point where his next opponent will be Hillary Clinton, head of the Clinton crime family.
So Trump will benefit being the lesser of two evils and all his baloney he's spouted up until now won't hurt him like it should.