Here Are The Billionaires Backing Donald Trump's Campaign

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The richest president in American history has gotten financial support from nearly one in 10 U.S. billionaires. 

Nearly five years ago Donald Trump descended an escalator inside Trump Tower and announced a long-shot bid to become president of the United States. Standing on a stage in the building’s lobby, in front of eight American flags, he spoke to a gaggle of cameras. “I’m using my own money,” Trump said, indicating that he would self-fund his campaign. “I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.” 

How times have changed. Now in the midst of his reelection campaign, President Trump has accepted donations from 80 billionaires and their spouses, according to a review of Federal Election Commission filings. Fifty-one moguls donated in their own names. Seven others are married to people who did. In other words, 9% of America’s billionaires, who together are worth a combined $210 billion—either directly or through their spouse—have pitched in to cover the costs of Trump’s 2020 campaign.


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1. The best line from the linked article:

Amid all this support, however, one billionaire stands out for having donated no money to his reelection campaign. That billionaire is Donald Trump.

"Other people's money." He isn't even his own best charity.

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2. Like "other people can die"

is his coronavirus response

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3. interesting that several of the donars..

didn't give to the 2016 campaign. Guess they want to be dealt in now.

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4. Interesting choice of words, 'dealt in now'