washington u.s. republican donald trump say tuesday unlimited trove personal wealth would help compensate poor presidential campaign fundraise even take step court new donors help win white house new york real estate mogul raise 3.1 million individual contributions may end month 1.3 million cash leave far behind democratic rival hillary clinton bring 26 million close month book 42 million war chest figure underscore huge cash advantage clinton hop enjoy lead nov. presidential election one could allow large staff millions dollars television digital ads battleground state trump openly shun donations win party nomination rebuff criticism republicans say need raise cash general election fight clinton campaign might need excess billion estimate trump say money problem need could unlimited cash hand would put money trump say statement assert already spend 50 million dollars bid white house billionaire candidate add campaign also cost less traditional one lean efficient like government be trump say worth 10 billion much money tie properties businesses estimate outside group put trump wealth low billion forbes magazine estimate 4.5 billion accord trump recent personal financial disclosure federal election commission may 65 mln 175 million liquid assets money fund equities cash despite trump profess lack concern standard campaign fundraise take step boost donations several source knowledge trump fundraise activities say attend dinner tuesday even court hedge fund managers wall street donors woody johnson billionaire investor owner new york jet football team also host breakfast trump high-end restaurant manhattan wednesday morning target small donors trump tuesday also send first email ask donations tell supporters match contributions million trump ally donors republican operatives express concern campaign operation dog internal battle threadbare campaign infrastructure thin fundraise apparatus without money campaign say stan hubbard republican donor minnesota own chain radio station contribute trump get call people give money stop nonsense fund campaign hubbard say trump week fire campaign manager corey lewandowski oversee campaign fundraise arm trump spend much race far break mold traditional campaign defeat crowd field primary opponents vastly outspent ads staff republican primary race often tell supporters contribute money ridicule opponents accept cash special interest group wealthy contributors far show little interest call donors ask money general election battle begin hold in-person fundraisers late may trump defeat talented gop field generation less staff less experience less money much less time say republican strategist keith appell say trump campaign need transition quickly national general election effort online air grind populist anti-washington new leadership message muddle sideshow issue trump loan campaign 46 million since launch last year federal file show often use plane travel campaign events also use hotels properties venues expense require law reimburse campaign fund campaign spend 6.2 million trump businesses include tag air mar-a-lago property florida also reimburse trump 390,000 payroll expense republican national committee meanwhile announce raise 11 million may 19.9 million cash begin june rnc help trump effort get elect also help fund congressional race trump shrug campaign fund lag cite personal wealth