Donald Trump Saturday threatened to fund his own campaign, saying the Republican Party is not doing enough to help him.
“If the Republican party acts like they don’t wanna help, I’ll fund my own campaign,” Trump said during a rally in Las Vegas. “Right now I’m raising a lot of money for the GOP. I like doing it. But we have to have help.” Trump said “life is like a two-way street,” suggesting the GOP had to start sending help his way too. “Otherwise, I’ll keep doing what I’m doing. Funding my own campaign. That’s the easy way. Hopefully, we can continue to go the way we’re going.”
Trump funded much of his primary campaign with his own money, but he was planning to rely on outside funding for the general election. Some reports have indicated that Trump has not been enthusiastic about fundraising.
Trump said 70 percent more Republicans have voted in the primaries than in the last election because of him. In some states, he said it’s up 102 percent from 4 years ago.
Trump said before, for the Republicans, “the ideas weren’t right.” Now he’s changed that, he claimed. He said the GOP wasn’t focused on the border and the budget.
“They have to focus on budgets instead of me.”
