For “blue-collar billionaire” Donald Trump, money’s an asset

CLEVELAND (AP) — A handful of vacation homes. A car elevator for his four-car garage. A wife whose hobbies included show horses.
When Mitt Romney ran for president four years ago, his estimated $250 million fortune was quickly turned into a liability by Democrats, who painted the former Bain Capital chief as out of touch with Americans still struggling to recover from the Great Recession.
Four years later, Donald Trump’s much-bigger pile of money is a central character of his campaig