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September 6, 2020
By Tom Boggioni
According to a report from the New York Times, allies of Donald Trump are questioning how much cash his re-election campaign has on hand with the election less than sixty days away. As the post-Labor Day drive for the White House kicks into gear, the presidents campaign has dialed back television advertising at a time when many voters finally start paying attention which has caused some consternation and worries among supporters of the president.
New campaign manager Bill Stepien has pulled back that outreach after taking over for former Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale was forced out of his position after spending millions to promote the sitting president only to see his poll numbers go into a nosedive as former Vice President Joe Biden has surged ahead.
Noting that the Biden campaign is jumping heavily into the fray after raking in $365 million in campaign donations in August, the Times reports the Trump campaign is still trying to find a strategy under Stepien.
The Trump campaign is expected to increase television spending next week, but several Republicans said that Bill Stepien, Mr. Trumps campaign manager since July, was taking a cautious approach after the former leadership spent huge sums on television and digital ads earlier this year, to no discernible effect, the report states. The light television spending and advertising blackouts in some key states have mystified allies, raising questions about how much cash the campaign has in the bank.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trump-allies-worry-re-election-campaign-is-low-on-cash-as-advertising-pulled-in-key-states-report/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/politics/trump-biden-2020.html
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)33taw
(2,440 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)I haven;t had time to go there to pull numbers
eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)madinmaryland
(64,932 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)going bankrupt again.
70sEraVet
(3,501 posts)there just isn't much left for advertising.
See the Forbes link on directing cash to his businesses (a couple of real mind-blowing pie charts)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/07/21/how-donald-trump-moved-millions-from-his-campaign-donors-to-his-private-business/#740eb614735c
And The Hill link for info on spending for legal fees:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/515249-trump-and-allies-have-spent-58-million-on-legal-bills-and-compliance
Jarqui
(10,124 posts)like they did with the inauguration fund or the charity
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)oligarchs right about now?
Girard442
(6,070 posts)...and it looks like he's despaired of winning any voters beyond his base and is just pocketing the excess dough. Either he's already planning to blow out of town come January carrying everything not nailed down -- or he's all-in on Daddy Vlad stealing it for him.
Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)And "nothing works"
duforsure
(11,885 posts)He's broke. I think he did that last time too.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Trump will just do as he always does: Put it on someone else's tab, in this case the American taxpayer. He'll bill campaign appearances and fundraising events to the Oval Office as official duties.
It will be interesting, though, in the next four to six weeks to see just how much the Trump campaign takes in. Big money donors don't like backing a loser; there's no way to get a quo for your quid if the candidate loses. Also, if they think the campaign is just burning money to no good purpose, those donor purses will snap shut like a bear trap.
Thekaspervote
(32,764 posts)kcr
(15,316 posts)tanyev
(42,554 posts)*Not intended to be a factual statement
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)to pay his legal bills. As a result, donors might not be willing to contribute more.