Donald Trump's Personal Money Probably Won't Help Political Ad Spending

Insiders ask, 'What is he waiting for?'

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Is Donald Trump's cash flow too little, too late? GIF: Yuliya Kim; Source: Getty Images

The final week of Donald Trump's campaign for president has turned into a question of "will he? or won't he?" like some kind of sitcom romance.

Last week, CNN reported that Trump only donated $31,000 of his own money to his campaign in early October. (By comparison, rival Hillary Clinton shelled out $50,000 of her own cash.) To show them who's boss, he wired $10 million to his campaign that very same day to buy more ad time.

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