More Evidence Trump Has Given Up: He’s Barely Contributing to His Own Campaign Any More
Donald Trump has given up on trying to win the presidential election, and the latest evidence of that fact is his pitiful donation of only $33,000 to his campaign so far in October:
Donald Trump has repeated it so much it’s almost part of his stump speech: He’s going to put $100 million of his own money into his campaign before Election Day. But new filings show he’s got a long way to go if he’s going to hit that mark.
The Republican presidential nominee has given a mere $33,000 to his campaign this month. That means he needs to pony up another $44 million to fulfill the boast that’s become a familiar refrain in interviews and rallies over the past several days.
“I will have more than $100 million in the campaign,” Trump told CNN on Wednesday. “And I am prepared to go much more than that.”
Over the course of his presidential bid, the New York businessman who says he is worth $10 billion has given about $56 million of his own money. The majority of that spending occurred in the GOP primary. During the general election, his campaign gifts slowed to about $2 million each month.
OK, everybody raise your hand who believes that Donald Trump will put another $44 million into his campaign before election day.
I have bad news for you. If your hand is in the air right now, you are an idiot.
Just like the people dumb enough to contribute to his campaign based on a phony and empty promise that Trump would triple their contributions:
On Oct 1, I got an email from Trump pledging to triple donations for 24 hrs.
Donors gave $165,829 that day.
Trump gave $30,682 all month.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 28, 2016
At this point, I wonder if Donald Trump even has another $44 million in liquid cash.
I love the detail that most of the money he has spent, he spent in the primary — meaning he spent it to beat Republicans, and not the Democrat Hillary Clinton. (If this shocks you, raise your hand. OK, same people. Got it.)
Keep in mind that a bunch of the cash Trump “donates” ends up going right back into the Trump business:
Trump’s overall monetary contribution to his presidential bid shrinks when accounting for about $9 million in campaign cash that has returned to his family and businesses. That money has largely gone to the holding company of his private jet, but the campaign also paid for rent at Trump Tower, catering at his restaurants and even the Trump Ice bottled water that’s popped up at his events.
The irony of all this is that Mr. “Self-Funding” came in second to Hillary Clinton in terms of self-funding this month:
A particularly rich stat from last night:
Hillary Clinton self-funded her campaign ($50k) more in October than Donald Trump did ($30k.) https://t.co/p0SfyhCHyB
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) October 28, 2016
This comes as a surprise to everyone who didn’t realize Trump is a con artist, but is willing to look at the facts detailed in this post. That Venn diagram is two circles that don’t intersect. If you don’t know by now that Donald Trump is a con artist, you haven’t been paying attention — or you have, but you’re just so invested in the con that facts mean nothing to you.
[Cross-posted at RedState.]
Throwing a bone in response?
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 10/28/2016 @ 10:46 amhttp://dailycaller.com/2016/10/28/donald-trump-says-hes-planning-to-write-a-10-million-check-to-his-campaign/
I thought the media was giving Trump millions of dollars in free publicity although it’s not as nice as it was in the primary. Same reversal in coverage happened to McCain and Romney.
AZ Bob (f7a491) — 10/28/2016 @ 10:54 amSince when is $10 million a bone? There’s no way to know Trump’s total contribution until the election, so speculating is kind of silly, and only helps Hillary. How about discussing Trump’s policy positions, instead of obsessing about sex and self-financing?
Andrew (c35f78) — 10/28/2016 @ 10:55 amA long time ago, I worked for a guy who owned several franchises. He also owned several buildings that rented out space to his businesses. Personally, I thought that it was a pretty smart strategy.
I wish people would make up their minds. I thought Trump was supposed to be a horrible businessman.
I guess his business plans suck, but his schemes succeed beyond anyone’s expectations.
Pinandpuller (ae0749) — 10/28/2016 @ 10:57 amOnly Romney and Cruz got my money and my vote. Trump will get my vote, as I won’t be a part of tacitly approving the election of the criminal Grifter Clinton.
Colonel Haiku (a79817) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:02 amTrump’s a good business man, and he understands that you shouldn’t throw good money after bad.
Chuck Bartowski (bc1c71) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:08 amIts a bone in the sense of timing, not the $ amount. Perhaps “knee-jerk response” would have been a better descriptor.
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:12 amSo…Trump doesn’t want to win…
But, as if wikileaks, FBI files, and project veritas are not enough,
Comey reopens the Clinton email investigation.
Wow, I wonder who the ultimate puppet master is, and what the leverage is.
MD in Philly (f9371b) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:22 amSo, we should REALLY screw him over and elect him.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:25 amI agree, Kevin,
MD in Philly (f9371b) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:33 amWe won’t even have to impeach him,
he’ll just resign and step aside.
“Thread 2: Comey Is Re-Opening Investigation Due to Emails Discovered in an “Unrelated Case”
—Ace
Well, no more red.
Do check out the update at the end of the last post if you missed it.
Comey’s letter to Chaffetz said:
“In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation … I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.”
Speculate away: What unrelated case?
The obvious one, to me, is the investigation into the hacking. In investigating the hacking of John Podesta’s emails, they will of course see John Podesta’s emails. Or the emails or whoever else was hacked.”
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/366569.php
Colonel Haiku (e3b71e) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:34 amWow, I wonder who the ultimate puppet master is, and what the leverage is.
Cui bono?
What we are seeing — what we have been seeing over the last several decades — is a steady erosion of public trust in government and institutions in general (colleges, business, media, etc). And indeed they have BECOME less trustworthy. Say what you want about Walter Cronkite, the media of his era would destroy a Democrat (e.g. LBJ) when the facts called for it.
Now we have an election where both parties have candidates that don’t rise above “3” on the 1 to 10 scale. We can’t even get mediocrities anymore. Even W vs Gore was a battle of 6’s.
The destruction is pretty thorough. When the system crumbles, who will rush in to save us? Whoever it is, it’s THEM!
Kevin M (25bbee) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:35 amAce is dead to me.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:36 amMemo…
To: Maudie
From FBI Director Comey
Subject: Email Investigation
It’s October. Surprise!
“I’m not a crook.”– Richard Nixon, November 17, 1973
DCSCA (797bc0) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:47 amEmail:
to: comey@fbi.gov
from: herroyalhighness@clinton.god
Subject: Who the F cares?
Tell me, after I fire you, where DON’T you want to end up?
Love to the wife and kids,
Kevin M (25bbee) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:51 amHer Nibs
Wow, I wonder who the ultimate puppet master is, and what the leverage is.
It would be sweet if it turns out to be Rudy Giuliani is the godfather with Chris Christie as the consigliere. Whoops, is that anti-Italian bias? Scusami to the noble Sons of Columbus. I love Frank Sinatra.
JVW (6e49ce) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:57 amMaybe Obama’s decided it’s time to slay the Clintons once and for all and install Kaine as his heir.
crazy (d3b449) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:58 am16. Its about damn time – the ethnic Europeans got skipped over and the last Catholic got offed, so why not? But who should Christie belly bump into the wall of the bar?
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 10/28/2016 @ 12:02 pmthis is a misnomer Mr. Trump is still raising monies
just not as many monies as the pig
it was ever going to be thus
i feel like people are just being negative on him cause of they’re bias on him
happyfeet (a037ad) — 10/28/2016 @ 12:04 pm@12- Say what you want about Walter Cronkite, the media of his era would destroy a Democrat (e.g. LBJ) when the facts called for it.
Yep. But then, Cronkite, Brinkley, Huntley etc., were journalists who cut their teeth in print. The broadcast news divisions in his era on air (1962-1981) were loss leaders, too, not profit centers. (Paley quipped the profits from one entertainment show, ‘I Love Lucy’, paid for all of CBS News’s annual operations.) News divisions then were a ‘public service’ subject to the FCC rules/regs licensed on public air waves of the era and the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ was adhered to. Cable news had far fewer constraints at its birth. So today you get Megyn Kelly with leg lights and posted lingerie pix to attract an audience, rather than Chet and David in HS&M suits to inform. Images of Uncle Walter in his boxer shorts have yet to be posted.
“And that’s the way it is…” – Walter Cronkite, CBS New, broadcast signoff, 1962-1981
DCSCA (797bc0) — 10/28/2016 @ 12:15 pmBaaaaaaa THUMP-a!
What was that?
Huma-God! A top Maudie aide soon to be thrown under the bus?? ‘Oh I’m glad I’m not an Oscar Meyer Weiner…’
“Don’t be a sap. You’re taking the fall.” – Sam Spade [Humphrey Bogart] ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ 1941
DCSCA (797bc0) — 10/28/2016 @ 12:25 pmI’m wondering if he doesn’t need to. Hillary’s numbers are starting to crater…and he’s reaping the benefit of it. The more that the media’s long knives come out for him the past month, the better his numbers are getting. Plus, Comey has surrendered to the pressure from all the living & retired FBI Directors saying that “he’s a whore and ruined the reputation of the Bureau”, and so Comey has reopened the investigation into Hillary’s emails
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-to-conduct-new-investigation-of-emails-from-clintons-private-server/2016/10/28/0b1e9468-9d31-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews
Rich Vail (339dcb) — 10/28/2016 @ 12:27 pmThere is a new post about the Comey letter; comments on that topic should be left in that relevant thread now.
Patterico (b995d7) — 10/28/2016 @ 12:32 pmCan a campaign declare bankruptcy?
Pinandpuller (ae0749) — 10/28/2016 @ 12:58 pmThere hasn’t been any recent polling in Idaho, and waht polling there was in September did not include McMullin, but logic and campaigning and National Review’s Morning Jolt this week says that McMullin may have a good shot at carrying Idaho, as well as Utah.
But that still would only be 10 Electoral votes.
Maybe Minnesota, as well? He’s on the ballot there and it is a normally blue state, too.
Sammy Finkelman (592d97) — 10/28/2016 @ 12:58 pm“Hillary Clinton self-funded her campaign ($50k) more in October than Donald Trump did ($30k.) https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/791987410146066433 ….
If you believe this then there is a bridge i want to sell you.
If you don’t know by now that Hillary Clinton is a con artist, you haven’t been paying attention — or you have, but you’re just so invested in the con that facts mean nothing to you.
otto (6617e7) — 10/28/2016 @ 1:10 pmI know the action is on the FBI thread, but in the spirit of all this talk about CBS 1970s programming, this story is like One Day at a Time gone awry:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/i-messed-man-shot-girlfriend-head-after-rejected-marriage-proposal-say-police-1588793?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous&yptr=yahoo
urbanleftbehind (93fed1) — 10/28/2016 @ 2:29 pmAre you asking about financial, or ethical?
Bill H (971e5f) — 10/28/2016 @ 6:36 pmHe donated $10m today….
Carlos (fb2d03) — 10/28/2016 @ 11:32 pm
Yes, yes, he did. http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-adds-10-million-of-his-own-money-for-advertising-1477669187 Paywall but it’s the only story I found that says he actually wired the money.
nk (dbc370) — 10/29/2016 @ 5:14 am