[WideRight05]

Let's say for the sake of conversation that I stipulate to your analysis as accurate. His platform and his mandate, whatever that might be, was already established before any meaningful donations were made. Donors must therefore get on board, or keep their money as the die is cast. That was his intent, to be a candidate who won the nomination away from the persuasive deep pocketed establishment string pullers in DC.. Any donations made now arguably missed the opportunity to shape this nominee's agenda. I don't see that as dishonest.

Every other candidate had their platform established as well. Even Hillary has a platform listed with 31 issues on her website yet she is receiving large amounts of corporate funding.

I think we are going different directions on the donations, I will give a more succinct explanation in the first of the two paragraphs below.

The big thing I am after, I believe that Donald Trump did not tell the truth when he said that he was self-financing his campaign. In fact, I thought he would be self-financing his campaign the entire way. I wouldn't have faulted him at all for receiving donations from businesses as long as he stood up for what he believed in. I see no reason he would have given himself a loan unless it were to be paid back through corporate donors. The only difference between him and the other candidates is that he will be receiving his campaign donations at a later time than the others.

I just don't trust Donald Trump, in fact I see him more prone to cave to lobbyists than other candidates. Candidates such as Marco Rubio that received funding from big business have not caved on issues such as abortion and protecting marriage despite being under pressure from businesses to do so. One of the reasons Donald Trump said he was against HB2 in North Carolina was because of the supposed impact it was having on them economically. Thus, if it comes down to a moral decision where he is under pressure from the corporate world, I just don't see him having the same willingness of Matt Bevin of Kentucky, Phil Bryant of Mississippi, or Greg Abbott of Texas to fight against them to stand for moral decency.