12 Times That Donald Trump Has Contradicted Himself

2. On His Self-Funded Campaign

One of Trump’s biggest talking points in the campaign has been the fact that his campaign is “self-funded.” Apparently, it’s backed by Trump’s “immense wealth” — which we’ll get to. At any rate, his claim that his campaign is self-funded is complete malarkey. Trump has received a big chunk of change from at least one PAC, a third of his campaign comes from individual donations, and he’s about to embark on a fundraising spree. Here’s the real smoking gun, though: Trump himself has only donated about a quarter of a million to the campaign. The rest is in zero interest loans which Trump can pay back to himself at any moment.