Gracing the cover of Time Magazine — bald eagle in hand and all — Donald Trump says he’s unlike every other presidential candidate in one important way: he doesn’t want donors’ money.
“They’re all puppets,” he told the magazine of his competitors. “They do whatever you want, especially if they’re not finished with their careers, if they’re going to run again. So with me, the one thing and one of the reasons I think I’m doing so well in the polls is the fact that I am definitely not a puppet.”
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Trump, who doesn’t spend money on polling and advertising and claims to refuse donations from fellow billionaires, said he “doesn’t mind” the big-dollar donations to other political campaigns but suggested that campaign finance rules should be overhauled to promote more transparency about candidates’ sources of cash.
“Let them talk, but let there be total transparency,” he said.
In the interview, he also slammed Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, likening the continuing controversy over her use of a personal email server for State Department business to Watergate.
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