Trump’s “self funding” has been one of his talking points throughout the primaries. While he did raise token amounts of money and sell a few hats, some $43 million of the $60 million spent by Donald J. Trump’s campaign came in the form of loans from Donald J. Trump. In March alone, Trump loaned his campaign more than $11 million. Then in April, he loaned his campaign $7 million. Then in May, it was just $2 million. Since then? We don’t know.
But even as Trump’s pipeline to Trump was running dry, he failed to build any of the fundraising infrastructure of a traditional campaign. Instead, he sat back and allowed the campaign coffers to empty while writing checks back to his own companies.
While Trump continues to be the beneficiary of unprecedented amounts of free media coverage, allowing him to limp along without dusting off his checkbook, his non-campaign is not running ads, not making appearances with other Republican nominees, and not creating the get out the vote organization that will deliver the maximum percentage of Republican voters to the polls. What is Trump doing? He’s worrying other Republicans.
Republican senators are sounding the alarm bells over Donald Trump's weak fundraising game, warning that he could hurt the Republicans running for senate in November.
"It weakens the whole party," Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) told Buzzfeed News about Trump's meager fundraising number for the month of May.
Wait … everyone can’t just sit in their gold-plated rockers on their gold-plated porches and wait for the media to come to them? And they seriously expect Trump to work for them? Well, that's just completely bassackwards.
As top Republicans expressed astonishment and alarm over Donald Trump’s paltry campaign fundraising totals, the presumptive nominee blamed party leaders Tuesday and threatened to rely on his personal fortune instead of helping the GOP seek the cash it needs.
“I’m having more difficulty, frankly, with some of the people in the party,” Trump said on NBC’s “Today,” adding, “They don’t want to come on.”
Trump doesn’t give away his money. He takes. He takes. Read the Art of the Deal, people! You don’t get rich by giving money away. And Trump’s clearly tired of writing on those checks to himself just so he can turn around and write checks back to himself. That’s not good. Not good. Sad. It’s time for someone else to donate money. Lots of money.
How else is Donald going to pay back all those loans?
If he did tap his wealth to finance his bid, it would effectively amount to abandonment of the Republican National Committee and the rest of the GOP ticket, which relies on the presidential nominee to help fund a national field organization for the fall elections.
Come on Republicans! Trump will build the greatest campaign. The best campaign! All it takes is a small $2,000 tuition payment contribution.
