WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump has headlined 29 fundraisers since he was sworn into office, raising at least $135 million _ but unlike the five previous presidents, nearly half of the events benefited himself, instead of just his party or candidates, according to an analysis by McClatchy.
Trump is the first U.S. president since at least the 1970s to raise money for his own re-election campaign during the first two years of his term when the political world's attention is usually focused on midterm elections for Congress. And Trump has held the fewest total fundraisers at this point in his term since Jimmy Carter, according to records of presidential fundraising compiled by Brendan J. Doherty, a political science professor at the U.S. Naval Academy.
That's a sign he's more focused on himself and less tied to his party 18 months into his presidency.
