Eight Reasons to Bankroll a Billionaire's Campaign
Top financial supporters of Donald Trump make their case for why donors should open their wallets.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump exits his plane during his trip to the border on July 23, 2015, in Laredo, Texas.
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Donald Trump is worth more than $10 billion, according to Donald Trump. So, theoretically, he could pay for nine presidential campaigns and still have a billion left over. (Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates his net worth at $3 billion, still more than enough for a campaign.)
Trump has flirted with that idea. He mostly paid his own way during the Republican primary, and, speaking to Fox News after his win in Indiana in May, he said he could sell a building to underwrite the general-election contest. But later that month, he started actively soliciting donations from the general public.