For Donald Trump, Being His Own Super PAC Has Its Advantages
Donald Trump is effectively his own super PAC, and that comes with advantages.
Mr. Trump, as a Republican candidate for president and a billionaire who is nearly single-handedly financing himself, is running a hybrid operation that doesn’t have to follow many of the rules imposed on his rivals.
He can raise and spend unlimited sums of his own money on his campaign, and while other candidates can’t coordinate their activity with the better-funded super PACs backing them, Mr. Trump as a self-funded