The Trump campaign has blown through its huge cash advantage over Biden, logged some iffy spending

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"Money was supposed to have been one of the great advantages of incumbency for President Trump," and when Joe Biden emerged as the "relatively broke" presumptive Democratic nominee in the spring, "Trump and the Republican National Committee had a nearly $200 million cash advantage," The New York Times reports. Five months later, "Trump's financial supremacy has evaporated," and "some people inside the campaign are forecasting what was once unthinkable: a cash crunch with less than 60 days until the election."

The Trump campaign and RNC have spent more than $800 million of the $1.1 billion they raised since 2009, and some of the expenditures seem a little questionable, the Times suggests, drawing from federal campaign filings:

$325,000 to the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island near Jacksonville for scrapped RNC convention

$156,000 for airplanes to pull Trump banners in recent months

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-campaign-blown-huge-cash-051500689.html

Let's not forget the hefty sum Brad Parscale paid himself before being let go.

[genxlib]

1. Even money bet

If/when Trump loses, Brad Parscale gets indicted between November and January.

They will need a scapegoat.

It's OK because he probably deserves it.

[Xipe Totec]

2. I'm sure Trump has already funneled most of the funds to his personal wealth. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

3. If the last round of

FEC filings are a clue,you are spot on.

[ace3csusm]

4. Thats what im thinking

Most of that money is sitting in a shell company held by Trump ... Problem is that the entire family was doing and they depleted the funds to quickly ...This is why Trump is now saying he will write a check to his campaign...

[greenjar_01]

5. Counterpoint: This is speculative, Trump is still flush with cash from billionaires

and it's going to be a bare-knuckled contest through November 3, if not afterward.

Parscale robbed him blind, undoubtedly. But there's always money for tax cuts.

[kurtcagle]

6. Maybe not

The roster of billionaires that are sitting this one out (or donating to Biden after donating to Trump last cycle) is surprisingly long.

I think the Adelson screaming fest that Trump had in August may have been precisely because Adelson told Trump he was done contributing (or was even reneging on commitments made). Koch, Mercer, Murdoch have all shut off the spigots.

You don't cancel ad buys in battleground states when you're flush with cash.

[Midnight Writer]

7. Trump will simply write a check himself. He is a billionaire, right? Self funding his campaign?

I believe he said himself that he will not be beholden to any special interests because he will use his own money to run.

I heard that, right? He promised, didn't he?

[Cha]

8. How much gone is trump's personal cut?

[FakeNoose]

9. He knows he's going to lose, so he's hording the money now

There won't be any time to disappear the campaign funds after the election.