Like many of you, I have been reveling in the tire-fire which is the Trump campaign at this point. The idiocy, the cratering poll numbers, the sniping of discontented operatives, the wailing and gnashing of teeth from those Republicans who have the foresight or moral courage to disavow the worst major-party candidate in American history.
But through the last few weeks, I have been bothered by an idea. Whether Trump is running a garbage campaign on purpose, with no actual intent to win. Whether ALL of this since the convention has been a giant scam, designed to pull money out of the pockets of the credulous, stupid, and desperate people who somehow believe he is going to “Make America Great Again.”
3 points of fact.
First. Trump raised nearly as much money in July as Clinton did.
Second. NONE of that money seems to be going to advertising, infrastructure, GOTV, or anything else.
Third. The ridiculously tacky things being hawked on his campaign site, which have been lampooned right here on the Great Orange Satan, such as the “Trump Board of Directors” certificate and the “Gold Executive Membership Card”
Is this living, breathing, walking, talking, throbbing pustule of a human being simply going to stick all that money in his pocket, let the RNC foot the bill, and laugh all the way back to his penthouse?
God, I hope so. It will be just what the Rs deserve.
However, would that be legal? Can he keep the unspent money in his campaign fund for personal use?
Expert opinions wanted.
Later,
Glaze