2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDid you hear Jack Beatty on NPR'sOn Point?
He asked: what is Trump doing with his campaign donations? He's not running ads. He has no field offices. Apparently sometime maybe in the 90s Trump said he should run for office; that he could make a lot of money doing so.
Raises the specter... Would not be one but surprising.
Johnny2X2X
(19,118 posts)No ads and the longer he waits the higher the rate for ads. He is supposedly beginning to start a ground game in FL and will have 20 offices opened there soon.
Is he waiting for October for ad buys? You reserve them early to pay a fraction of the rate you get later.
He's relying on the RNC ground game, but they're going to be working for down ticket as much if not more than the top. I don't get it. Did his primary campaign have massive debts to pay off? Is he renting Trump properties for like 50 times the going rate to funnel the money back to himself?
When this is all over it would be shocking if there isn't an investigation into how he spent the money.
cilla4progress
(24,777 posts)What poetic justice it would be for Trump to rot in jail for ALL the unrepented sins of Wall St.!
Mme. Defarge
(8,045 posts)if Trump's run, win or lose, is really a scheme to make money.
Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)if it all turns out to be a big scam. Perhaps, if it all comes out, it might lead to a bit of oversight on all of the money in politics. It would be nice to see some change there.
We already know he books a lot of functions at his own resorts and casinos/hotels. He and most of his imm family are on the payroll, raking in god knows how much. He's doing the absolute minimum to make it look like he's 'running' for office, while continually undermining himself with his ridiculous twitter wars.
Not that hard to smell a rat in there somewhere.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Last thing we'd want is for him to start opening field offices and buying ad time.
As you were Mr. Trump ~
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)I predict a HUUUUUGE indictment in Trump's future.