CNN: The Source With Kaitlan Collins: 'Maggie Haberman Says She Doubts Donald Trump Supporters Mind Funding His Legal Fights'

Source:CNN- New York Times national political reporter & CNN Donald Trump whisperer, Maggie Haberman.

"CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman breaks down reporting that former President Donald Trump's PAC spent approximately $50 million on legal expenses." 

From CNN

"Donald J. Trump piled up legal expenses in 2023 as he was indicted four times, spending approximately $50 million in donor money on legal bills and investigation-related expenses last year, according to two people briefed on the figure.

It is a staggering sum. His lone remaining rival in the 2024 Republican primary, Nikki Haley, raised roughly the same amount of money across all her committees in the last year as Mr. Trump’s political accounts spent paying the bills stemming from his various legal defenses, including lawyers for witnesses.

The exact figure spent on legal bills will be reported on Wednesday in new filings to the Federal Election Commission. But even those totals can be imprecise depending on how certain expense items are categorized by those doing the paperwork.

The broader picture expected to be outlined in the documents is one of a former president heading toward the Republican nomination while facing enormous financial strain." 

From The New York Times

When I think of this story, I think about all the money that Donald Trump claims to have, as well as the fact that I'm old enough to remember when Republicans used to talk about the need for personal responsibility. That when you get in trouble, when you run up debt, that you shouldn't expect, especially with tax dollars, for others to bail you out. 

And I know Donald Trump really isn't a Republican, at least ideologically. (And I'm not talking about party registration) He obviously doesn't believe personal responsibility. He's always blames someone else when something goes wrong in his life, or on his watch. The man has even claimed that he didn't take an oath to the Constitution, when he was sworn in as President in 2017. He doesn't believe in the rule of law or the Constitution. 

Think about that: the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for President, who doesn't believe the oath to the Constitution applies to him, who doesn't believe in the Constitution, or the rule of law. The Republicans called and they want their party back, would be my reaction to that.

So why would it surprise anyone that even Donald Trump, who still claims to be a billionaire, even though he's talking about not even being able to afford the 83 million judgement against him, from the defamation case, that E. Jean Carroll won against him, would now expect others to pay off his own debts, that he's personally responsible for, with all the bad business decisions that he's made in his life? 

And the other question would be: why would people who work very hard for a living, for 50-60 thousand-dollars a year, who work 50-60 hours a week, who don't live in major cities or metro areas, who have kids to raise, and their own bills to pay, that they work very hard to just to be able to afford to pay their own bills, be willing to give their hard-earn money to a man, who claims to be a Manhattan, New York billionaire? 

I think the answer to my last question is very obvious. As my colleague Derik Schneider wrote on Twitter the other day: 

"Donald Trump has always been a suckers magnet." 

From Derik Schneider

Donald Trump's supporters literally think that Donald Trump is Jesus Christ's long lost son or something. The man can do no wrong in their little world. And every time he gets into trouble, it'a always someone else's fault. And when that happens, they pony up to make sure that their cult leader is always taken care of. Because again this is not really the Republican Party anymore. This is the MAGA Party and personal responsibility for their fellow members, is simply not in their playbook.

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