Rumor has it that Trump's campaign is broke, but I suspect that it's a strategy. [View all]

[DetlefK]

It is being widely reported that the Trump-campaign has been scaling back on TV-ads. For example in Arizona, the Trump-campaign isn't running any ads at all.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/4/1975137/-The-Trump-campaign-is-broke

This could have two reasons:
1. They are broke.
2. They are hoarding their cash in order to spend it with one MASSIVE ad-campaign right before the election.



Here's why I think its No. 2: We have seen this campaign-strategy before.

In the 2008 republican primary, Rudy Giuliani used this strategy. You know, the Has-Been who desperately clings to Trump for political relevance. It's not unbelievable to think that Rudy Giuliani proposed this strategy to Trump.
"The biggest presidential ad-campaign ever! It could be yours! The ad-campaign to end all ad-campaigns!"



Btw, did it work for Giuliani in 2008?
No.
Holding off for so long cost him precious campaign-momentum and media-presence.
By the time his campaign-onslaught started, most primary-voters had already made up their mind. And not in his favor.







I think it would be super-funny if Rudy Giuliani's campaign-advice would ultimately cost Trump the 2020 election.