Trump allies worry re-election campaign is low on cash as advertising pulled in key states: report

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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 president’s 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. Trump’s 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]

1. needto look at the latest FEC filings, that will indicate the financial state of trumps campaign

[33taw]

3. I wouldn't trust a single report filed be his campaign.

[beachbumbob]

6. FEC is what we got to use and nothing suggest the numbers would be fraudelant

I haven;t had time to go there to pull numbers

[eppur_se_muova]

2. He blew the budget on hamberders and covfefe. nt

[madinmaryland]

17. And blowing up boats!

[Buckeyeblue]

4. Trump spends it on himself faster than they can raise it.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. He's stealing the money instead of using it for his campaign, he's pocketing it to keep from being

going bankrupt again.

[70sEraVet]

7. Between funneling campaign cash into his businesses and personal legal expenses

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]

16. I'm sure the Trump kids are lining their pockets too

like they did with the inauguration fund or the charity

[crickets]

18. 👆👆

[fierywoman]

8. Doesn't cadet bonespurs owe a rather large balloon payment to some Russian

oligarchs right about now?

[Girard442]

9. Combine this news with his brownshirt themed campaign messaging...

...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]

10. My guess is that they are facing paralyzing disfunction

And "nothing works"

[duforsure]

11. He's likely putting donors money into his pockets.

He's broke. I think he did that last time too.

[gratuitous]

12. No worries

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]

13. They said the same thing in 16

[kcr]

14. It's not 2016

[tanyev]

15. Check that big duffel bag Jared's started lugging everywhere he goes.

*Not intended to be a factual statement

[BainsBane]

19. Trump used $60 million of campaign funds

to pay his legal bills. As a result, donors might not be willing to contribute more.