That’s what Trump is plying, as he assures us that his wealth makes him independent of big contributors and thus disinterested.
Disinterested, as in Michael Bloomberg’s disinterested campaign to enrich his developer friends and turn Manhattan into Monte Carlo?
Disinterested, as in Trump’s own plan to cut taxes for himself and other rich people?
Back in 1875, Trollope hit the nail on the the head in The Way We Live Now, concerning Melnotte’s candidacy:
“It seemed, too that the orators and writers of the day intended all Westminster to believe that Melnotte treated his great affairs in a spirit very different from that which animates the bosoms of merchants in general. He had risen above any feeling of personal profit. His wealth was so immense that there was no longer place for anxiety on that score. “