Because the greatest threat to a hegemony of the wealthy is democracy. And a candidacy that threatens opponents with prison, encourages voter intimidation, enl

Because the greatest threat to a hegemony of the wealthy is democracy. And a candidacy that threatens opponents with prison, encourages voter intimidation, enlists foreign powers for cyberwarfare, intimates that any result will be rigged, distroys the norms critical to government functioning and a dozen other things, is the best investment someone who hates public control of policy could make win or loose.