Yep, to do big business you got to rent an entire stable of policiticans whose “interests” must be appeased to allow you to do business
Trump gave to the Clintons and other democrats because they came and asked him- no threat there if he refused- and he needed to be in the good graces of the Senator from NY to get things done in NY. Hillary who was giving speeches on Wall Street about what a friend of Wall Street she was going to be.
Remind me again who the GOP ran against Hillary?
I was SVP of California’s 7th largest corporation. It was customary to donate to both the rats and r’s. I can’t begin to tell you how much we gave Jerry Brown through the years. None of us respected Jerry but he always came through when we needed a favor. If you want to play, you must pay.