Has anyone noticed Donald Trump’s campaign claim that he’s the only candidate who is not beholden to special interests? He’s self-financed so he’s not beholden to any billionaire. That’s one of the knocks against one of his rivals, Marco Rubio; that he is backed by one billionaire so big, that if we elect Rubio we’ll just be electing the conservative billionaire Paul Singer’s proxy. Do we think Singer would have direct access to a Rubio presidency? Well, yeah!
Trump’s claim that he is independent of any special interests has some appeal on the face of it, but if we think about it a little, we realize that he actually does represent the interests of a major donor. He has his own billionaire; himself. Does Trump strike us as an impartial man who will put the interests of every citizen ahead of his own? His claim is disingenuous, but I haven’t heard anyone call him on that.
Just saying…., not that it would make any difference. It would be fruitless to campaign against him, at least in the primaries. Donald Trump is the face of the Republican Party.
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