Donald Trump wants GOP megadonors to know he’s ready to capitulate to their self-interested policy agenda in exchange for their financial backing.
Three months ago, Donald Trump lied and said he was self-funding his campaign. Flash-forward to today, and Trump’s still lying about the self-funding, but now Donald’s started sucking up to the Republican donor class — the types that manipulate weak and needy candidates like him in exchange for “tremendous amounts of money.”
Trump, in February:
“I’m the only politician that’s not getting money. All these guys, like Cruz, is getting tremendous amounts of money from oil and all these different. Jeb Bush — Woody Johnson, from Johnson & Johnson is his campaign finance chair. Woody will totally control what happens.”
[Donald Trump, Press Conference, Hanahan, SC, 2/15/16]
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“Woody’s a great guy,” Mr. Trump said. “Woody will support me.”
[New York Times, 5/23/16]
Published: May 24, 2016