‘Blue-collar billionaire’ persona captivates supporters

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 $250m (€225m) fortune was turned into a liability by Democrats, who painted the ex-Bain Capital chief as out of touch with Americans struggling to recover from the recession.

Four years later, Donald Trump’s much bigger pile of money is a central character of his campaign.