Trump, on Long Island, makes fundraising pitch

WOODBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a rare appearance at party fundraiser on Wednesday, boosting a county GOP group while he is on the brink of dramatically expanding his own fundraising efforts.

[...] if the Long Island, New York, event was meant to act as a sneak preview of what a newly honed Trump fundraising pitch will look like, it's clear the celebrity businessman does not plan to change his brash, showman-like approach.

Trump mixed in a few local flourishes — including suggesting a Long Island construction company could win the contract to build his proposed Mexican border wall — but largely delivered the same style of speech he has been giving across the nation, including at a handful of fundraisers, since he launched his unlikely presidential campaign 11 months ago.