Donald Trump's Website Still Claims He's Self-Funding His Campaign

The issue page on Donald Trumps presidential campaign website is not a traditional issue page, in that several of the issues listed arent actually issues. There is a section called The Establishment for example, which is a group of politicians and political institutions and not, again, an issue. There is a section called First Day In Office, which is a period of time; one called Competent Leadership, which is a subjective opinion; and one called Live Free Or Die, which the website acknowledges is a motto.There are actual policies listed too' things like the 2nd Amendment, Israel and the drug epidemic ' but even here, there is something altogether curious about this particular page on this particular site. On his issue page, Donald Trump says that he is totally self funding his campaign so that he doesnt owe anything to lobbyists and special interests. This is simply not true. It hasnt been for a while, if ever.During the primary, Trump did provide a large share of his own money to his campaign. But he also raised cash from ' predominantly ' small donors. Since then, hes begun wooing the big fish in addition to spending his own dough. To date, his campaign has raised $91.2 million. Of that total, $50 million has been his own money. Of the $39.2 million he has raised from contributors, $24.6 million could be classified as having come from small-dollar donations, while $5.58 million is from maxed-out donors.The latest example of how inapplicable the title of self funder is to Donald Trump will come on Saturday, Aug.6. On that day, Trump will travel to Nantucket to attend a high-end fundraiser with his finance chairman and RNC Chair Reince Priebus. The event will be held at the home of Ron Weinberg, who runs the private equity firm Weinberg Capital Group, and his wife.According to an invitation ' a copy of which was obtained by the Huffington Post ' other attendees will include Christopher Vincze, who runs a firm that does energy-saving construction; and Guy Snowden, who ran the lottery company Gtech.It costs $50,000 per couple to co-chair the event; $25,000 per couple to host; $10,000 per person for a photo op; and$2,700 per person for a general reception. The proceeds will be shared among the Trump campaign, the RNC and state parties in Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. Paul Blumenthal contributed reporting.Editors note:Donald Trump regularlyincites political violenceand is aserial liar,rampant xenophobe,racist,misogynistandbirtherwho has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims ' 1.6 billion members of an entire religion ' from entering the U.S. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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