Donald Trump on Tuesday admitted to having trouble securing the financial support of some Republican donors, but said he isn’t worried about a recent electoral filing that revealed his campaign war chest contains less than $2 million.
“I’m having more difficulty frankly with some of the people in the party than I am with the Democrats. They don’t want to come on,” Trump said on NBC. “They will probably eventually come on. Honestly, if they don’t it’s just fine. I can win it either way. I may be better off winning it the opposite way than the traditional way.”
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee raised just over $3 million in May in addition to loaning $2 million of his own fortune to his campaign, but Federal Election Commission records filed late Monday showed him ending the month with only $1.2 million cash on hand.
“I understand money better than anybody,” Trump said Tuesday, pushing back against concerns that his campaign’s fundraising apparatus is failing. He added that he could loan himself additional funds in the general election, but that “it would be nice to have some help from the [Republican] party.”
Trump’s Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, raised more than $25 million in May alone and kicked off June with $42 million cash on hand. Trump, who clinched the GOP nomination in early May, said he’s been busy courting donors ever since, and that his success will be reflected in his next fundraising report.
The billionaire has attended private fundraisers organized by the Republican National Committee in New Jersey, California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada. Trump claimed he raised $12 million during a three-state fundraising swing last weekend.
