DONALD TRUMP GAVE HIMSELF A LOT OF CREDIT OVER THE COURSE OF
THIS PRIMARY FOR SELF-FUNDING HIS CAMPAIGN, HE WOULD
REPEATEDLY SAY I'M NOT EXCEPTING DONATIONS, I AM FUNDING THIS
CAMPAIGN.
HE DIDN'T EARN THAT CREDIT, SINCE HE WAS NOT SELF
FUNDING -- MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF HIS FUNDING CAME FROM
INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, WHICH I MUCH PREFER TO GIGANTIC
DONATIONS FROM RICH INDIVIDUALS OR SUPER PAC SPENDING, BUT IT
STILL EXISTED, MAKING HIM A LIAR.
BUT ANYWAY IF YOU THINK
HE DESERVES EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT FOR THAT, HE WILL LOSE IT
IN THE GENERAL ELECTION BECAUSE HE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS
GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER A FUNDRAISING MACHINE OF THE
TRADITIONAL SORT.
HE SAYS, I'LL BE PUTTING UP MONEY BUT IT WON'T
BE COMPLETELY SELF FUNDING AS I DID DURING THE PRIMARY.
HE IS
STILL SAYING HE SELF-FUNDED DURING THE PRIMARY, IT IS NOT
TRUE, HE WAS GIVEN MILLIONS, AND TO BE GIVEN MILLIONS BY REGULAR
REPUBLICANS AND THEN TO PRETEND THAT THEY DIDN'T GIVE YOU THAT
MONEY, IT SEEMS WEIRD TO ME.
IF YOU GO BACK TO HIS FATHER GIVING HIM $1
MILLION, HE REFERRED TO THAT AS A LITTLE LONG.
AND IT WAS MORE THAN THAT, BUT HE SAYS A LITTLE.
SO DONALD TRUMP GETTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
PEOPLE, NOT SIGNIFICANT TO HIM.
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY DONATING TO HIM, HE WILL NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
HE SAID GOING INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION --
WE WILL DISCUSS THIS IN A MINUTE, FIRST WE HAVE HIM ON
VIDEO TALKING ABOUT HIS PLAN, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT HE SAYS
BECAUSE I WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT A MORON HE IS WHEN WE COME BACK.
AS FAR AS THE CAMPAIGN OR MAKING DECISIONS RIGHT NOW,
PROBABLY WE WILL WORK WITH THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE, RAISE A
LOT OF MONEY, WE WILL TRY TO RAISE OVER $1
MILLION WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY, THE DEMOCRATS MAY BE AS HIGH AS
2 BILLION, BUT WE WANT TO RAISE UP TO 1
BILLION, MAYBE EVEN OVER THAT.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IS
NECESSARY BECAUSE I HAVE A BIG VOICE, I GO ON SHOWS LIKE YOURS
AND EXPLAIN THE TRUTH, PEOPLE SEEM TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
WEíLL BREAKDOWN THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS BUT FIRST I
LOVE, HIS FIRST SENTENCE, HE ONLY SAID THREE SENTENCES THERE.
WE WILL TRY TO RAISE OVER 1 BILLION WHICH IS GOING TO BE
NECESSARY.
THEN ANOTHER SENTENCE, THEN WE WILL RAISE UP
TO 1 BILLION, MAYBE OVER THAT, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S EVEN
NECESSARY.
HE SAID IT WAS NECESSARY, HIMSELF.
I BET HE WILL DO THIS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE, IT SHOWS HE IS
NOT A COMPLETE FOOL BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO BE MASSIVELY
OUTSPENT IF HE DIDN'T DO THIS, OR IF HE DIDN'T PLEDGE 1 BILLION
OF HIS OWN DOLLARS.
IF I WAS HIM I WOULD DO IT, SO
THAT YOU ARE
DOING THIS ALL ON YOUR OWN.
HIS ENTIRE EMPIRE IS BASED ON MONEY
HE WAS GIVEN AS A YOUNG MAN, SO -- WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY?
HE IS A RICH KID WHO INHERITED MONEY AND WAS GIVEN A $1 MILLION
LOAN, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST 1 MILLION --
I COULD DO A LOT WITH A MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM MY DAD.
LET ALONE THE INHERITANCE THAT HE LATER GOT, A GIGANTIC SUM.
HE OBVIOUSLY KNOWS BRANDING, IT WASN'T ENTIRELY BECAUSE
OF THE MONEY HE WAS GIVEN.
THAT IS FAIR, BUT ALSO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE
SIX MONTHS NOW WONDERING WHO IT WOULD BE, DEPENDING ON IF IT IS
BERNIE OR HILLARY, THE MOST DIFFICULT CANDIDATE TO GO
AGAINST, WHO WOULD BE THE EASIEST.
WE HAVE TALKED OFTEN
ABOUT THE WILDCARD NATURE OF DONALD TRUMP, AND ALSO ABOUT HOW HE HAS
A SPECIAL POSITION WHERE HE COULD ATTACK SOMEONE LIKE A
HILLARY CLINTON BY SAYING, YOU ARE BOUGHT, I EVEN PARTICIPATED
IN BUYING YOU, YOU ARE TAKING MONEY FROM THE SPECIAL INTERESTS
WHO ARE DONATING BILLIONS TO SUPER PACS, YOU ARE BROUGHT,
I AM NOT.
BUT NOW HE WILL BE TAKING MONEY FROM REPUBLICAN
BILLIONAIRES, THAT IS THE WORLD-CLASS FINANCIAL
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS FUELED REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCIES FOR THE
PAST 30 YEARS AT THE VERY LEAST.
HE WILL BECAUSE THEY HAVE
SUPER PACS.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE
SAME CLAIMS THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE ANYWAY, BUT NOW THEY ARE
100% FALSE, BEFORE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AMOUNT OF
AUTHENTICITY TO IT.
HE IS GOING TO BE BOUGHT THE SAME AS HER.
WHENEVER RICH PEOPLE RUN AND FUND THEIR OWN CAMPAIGNS IN
STATE RACES THE ARGUMENT THAT I CAN'T BE BOUGHT WORKS PRETTY
WELL.
I'M NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT ME RAISING MONEY FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS.
BUT PUT UP
THAT QUOTE AGAIN THAT WE HAD TO START THIS SECTION FROM THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL?
THE OTHER ONE, THE ONE FROM MEDIAITE,
I APOLOGIZE --
THAT IMMEDIATELY UNDERCUTS HIS AUTHENTICITY, SO I AGREE.
ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT BERNIE SUPPORTERS MAKE, AND I THINK IT
WAS A VALID ARGUMENT, IS THAT TRUMP WILL BE -- WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE, AND WILL STILL BE ABLE, BECAUSE AS YOU SAY HE WILL STILL
TRY, TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE BERNIE SANDERS LANGUAGE, TONE,
ABOUT OUTSIDER, DON'T TRUST THE SYSTEM, AGAINST THE SYSTEM, WE
HAVE TO STICK UP FOR REGULAR PEOPLE, AND AGAINST HILLARY,
WHOEVER MAKES THAT ARGUMENT, THAT LANDS TO SOME EXTENT.
AND TRUMP
-- BERNIE AGAINST TRUMP, TRUMP COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT BECAUSE
HE IS OUTDONE, UNQUESTIONABLY, BY BERNIE ON THAT.
HE HAS EVEN SAID THAT ABOUT BERNIE IN THE PAST.
SO IT IS MUTED.
AND ONCE AGAIN WE GET THE SAME
ARGUMENT AGAINST HILLARY AND HE STILL, AS YOU SAY, WILL, BUT IT
IS UNQUESTIONABLY MUTED BY HIS -- ANOTHER REASON PARTIALLY HE IS
DOING IT, AND I HOPE THERE ARE STORIES ON THIS, MEANINGFUL
INVESTIGATIONS ON IT, IF IT HAS OCCURRED TO ME I'M SURE IT HAS
OCCURRED TO REPORTERS, BUT HOW MUCH MONEY DOES HE REALLY HAVE?
HE SAYS UP TO $10 BILLION.
NO WAY.
THE IDEA OF HIM IS VALUED AT 2.5 BILLION.
THERE IS NO WAY HE HAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT LIQUID, AND
I'M NOT KNOCKING IF HE ONLY HAS TWO, BUT I'M DUBIOUS.
IF HE IS
SERIOUS ABOUT WINNING, SPENDING 1 BILLION OF HIS OWN DOLLARS AND
INSTANTLY TAKING UP THAT CUDGEL AGAINST HILLARY, THAT SHE IS
PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CAN'T BE TRUSTED AND I WILL
STICK UP FOR THE LITTLE GUY AND REGULAR AMERICANS -- OF COURSE,
MANY REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT YOU TO STICK UP FOR THE LITTLE GUY,
SO THERE IS A RISK THERE.
BUT NOT AS MUCH.
I THINK IT IS A
MISTAKE TO -- NOT TO -- TO CEDE THAT ARGUMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
EFFECTIVE FOR BERNIE, AND THERE ARE SOME BERNIE SANDERS
SUPPORTERS, I DON'T THINK MANY, BUT SOME WHO WOULD HEAR THAT IN
DONALD TRUMP AND, GIVEN THEIR DISTASTE FOR CLINTON, SOME
NUMBER WOULD GO TO TRUMP.
BUT I THINK HE RISKS LOSING THAT, WE
DON'T REALLY KNOW.
WE PREVIOUSLY TOLD YOU THAT THE KOCH BROTHERS SAY THEY ARE
NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT IF
THEY COME AROUND AND HE GETS MONEY FROM THE KOCHS AND FROM
SHELDON ADELSON AND FROM WALL STREET AND THE OIL COMPANIES AND
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, THAT IS HOW YOU DO THIS WORLD-CLASS
FINANCE ORGANIZATION THAT WE HATE SO MUCH HERE AT YOUNG TURKS.
ONCE HE HAS ALL THAT, WE JUST HOPE THAT REPORTERS ARE
GOING TO CALL HIM ON IT.