Donald Trump Vlog: Self Funding

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   Trump presented his business record as a qualification for the presidency during his campaign launch.

   Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

   The Trump-Branded Puerto Rico Golf Bankruptcy: Promised · Promised

2. documented

   A Trump-branded licensee went bankrupt, a documented failure. The cited evidence does not make Trump or the Trump Organization the debtor, or move the debtor's liabilities to them.

   Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

   The Trump-Branded Puerto Rico Golf Bankruptcy: Audit finding · Cited analysis

3. documented

   Trump said total self-funding would eliminate his dependence on donors and special interests.

   Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

   2020 Campaign Money Paid to Trump Businesses: Promised · Promised

4. documented

   Trump said self-funding would remove dependence on donors and special interests.

   Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

   Campaign Donor Money and Trump Tower Rent: Promised · Promised

5. documented

   Trump said he was totally self-funding his campaign so he would not have to take money from donors, special interests or lobbyists.

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   The Self-Funding Claim and the Campaign Finance Record: Promised · Promised

6. documented

   Trump's categorical self-funding statement does not match his campaign's reported individual contributions and joint fundraising. He did provide candidate loans during the primary.

   Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

   The Self-Funding Claim and the Campaign Finance Record: Audit finding · Cited analysis

7. documented

   Trump made the cited statement and was the candidate and reported lender to his authorized committee.

   Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

   The Self-Funding Claim and the Campaign Finance Record: The record · The record

8. documented

   The payments opened a documented donor-to-candidate-business revenue path. The cited record does not establish that the rent exceeded fair market value or broke campaign-finance law.

   Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

   Campaign Donor Money and Trump Tower Rent: Audit finding · Cited analysis

9. documented

   Trump campaigned on ethics reform and reducing special-interest influence in Washington.

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   GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: Promised · Promised

10. documented

    Trump campaigned on an ethics-reform plan framed as draining the swamp in Washington.

    Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

    Mar-a-Lago Members and Veterans Affairs Decision-Making: Promised · Promised

11. documented

    Trump campaigned on reducing special-interest influence in Washington.

    Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

    Payday Lenders at Doral and the CFPB Rule Reversal: Promised · Promised

12. documented

    The contribution, the resort patronage and the contract follow one another in sequence. The cited sources do not establish that either spending stream produced a contract award or a policy outcome.

    Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

    GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: Audit finding · Cited analysis

13. documented

    Trump connected private associates from his club to VA leadership, and the resulting advisory channel operated outside ordinary federal appointment and transparency structures.

    Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

    Mar-a-Lago Members and Veterans Affairs Decision-Making: Audit finding · Cited analysis

14. documented

    The industry's patronage of a Trump property and the CFPB reversal are documented, but the causal link is not established and the rule had an administrative record independent of the conference venue.

    Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

    Payday Lenders at Doral and the CFPB Rule Reversal: Audit finding · Cited analysis

15. documented

    The campaign-finance record establishes a donor-to-Trump-business revenue path, contrary to the earlier claim that self-funding would remove donor dependence; it does not establish unlawful pricing or net personal profit.

    Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded

    2020 Campaign Money Paid to Trump Businesses: Audit finding · Cited analysis