Trump's campaign is bankruptcy protection
It pays in US politics to follow the money. In Donald Trump's case, the money is flowing away from him in the form of various fines and damages — roughly $530mn worth in the past month. The settlements are not high enough to trigger Trump's bankruptcy. His net worth is around $2.6bn. But they will swallow his cash balance and severely restrict the Trump Organization's ability to operate. He faces a three-year ban on taking out loans in New York, which is where he leveraged his name in the first place.