U.S. President Trump's re-election campaign spends $50.3 million in June

[webfact]

U.S. President Trump's re-election campaign spends $50.3 million in June

By Jason Lange, James Oliphant and Grant Smith

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about legislation for additional coronavirus aid in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign ramped up spending in June as the presidential race intensified, outlaying more than $50 million - about twice what Trump spent the month before.

 

Trump ended the month with $113 million (89.15 million pounds) in cash, according to a disclosure filed on Monday with the Federal Election Commission.

 

Trump's campaign funneled money into television ads as public opinion polls showed his Democratic opponent Joe Biden increasingly building a significant lead ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

 

And while Trump's campaign bought significant television air time across the country, Biden only launched his first major advertising blitz in the second half of June, targeting battleground states like Pennsylvania and Michigan.

 

The Wesleyan Media Project, which tracks campaign spending, said in a study earlier this month that between May 11 and June 28, the Trump campaign bought 50,000 ads nationwide, while the Biden campaign bought just 3,100 in the same period.

 

Despite Trump's ad budget advantage, the president has lost ground against Biden in public opinion polls as many Americans have soured on his handling of the coronavirus health crisis.

 

Biden led Trump among registered voters by 10 percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted July 14-15.

 

(Reporting by Jason Lange and James Oliphant in Washington and by Grant Smith in New York; Editing by Michael Perry)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-07-21

 

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[worgeordie]

You can bet that it did not include a Dollar of his own money ..

regards Worgeordie

[Tug]

Hasent done him much good lol but hey he’s doing what he does best squandering money lol

[ChouDoufu]

well, that explains this -- the clown rodeo is back!

 

starting today.

 

 

He's back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls

 

President Donald Trump is set to once again take center stage in the federal government’s coronavirus response

 

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is set to once again take center stage in the government's coronavirus response after a White House debate over how best to deploy its greatest and most volatile asset — him — played out in public as his poll numbers falter.

One week after a campaign shake-up, the plan is for Trump to again become a regular public presence at the podium starting Tuesday as confirmed coronavirus cases spike nationwide.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/back-trump-virus-briefings-amid-lagging-polls-71885705

 

“I was doing them and we had a lot of people watching, record numbers watching in the history of cable television, and there’s never been anything like it,” Trump said. “So I think we’ll start that probably starting tomorrow, I’ll do it at 5 o’clock like we were doing — we had a good slot. A lot of people were watching.”

 

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-trump-briefings-20200720-kencemvd2ffnvkiupye24avdqe-story.html

 

 

guaranteed to be great entertainment!  get the family together, settle down with a bucket of tide pods and enjoy the show!

 

 

 

 

Edited July 21, 2020 by ChouDoufu
oopsie. forgot the link.

[Dumbastheycome]

If only, if only there was a vaccine for  Footin Mouth  disease!

[Chomper Higgot]

50 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

You can bet that it did not include a Dollar of his own money ..

regards Worgeordie

Indeed, but it is reliably reported that Trump is taking steps to ensure campaign spending winds up in his own pocket.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2019/03/20/trump-has-now-shifted-13m-of-campaign-donor-money-into-his-business/#217f0e697aaf

[spidermike007]

Talk about wasted cash. He would be better off resigning and donating that cash to a worthy cause. He is cascading towards a humiliation of epic proportions. And alot of that is his own doing. 

 

Right now, Trump is Biden's top ally. 

[Walker88]

It's actually conceivable that the Federal Election Commission will include 45's donations and spending as part of the Biden for President Campaign, because every single thing 45 is doing and every dime he is spending is helping Biden rise in the polls.

 

If 45 runs through his entire stack. it's likely Biden will jump to a 25 point lead.

 

Go for it, 45!

[pegman]

Joe doesn't need to buy ads just keep feeding Trump rope. Besides that there are about 20 Never Trump Republican groups putting out better ads than the Dems could ever dream of doing.

[DoctorG]

Yep! Just keep dreaming chaps.

[Boon Mee]

6 hours ago, worgeordie said:

You can bet that it did not include a Dollar of his own money ..

regards Worgeordie

Hey! regards geordie... Trump is working for free, dude... 

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, ChouDoufu said:

well, that explains this -- the clown rodeo is back!

 

starting today.

 

 

He's back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls

 

President Donald Trump is set to once again take center stage in the federal government’s coronavirus response

 

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is set to once again take center stage in the government's coronavirus response after a White House debate over how best to deploy its greatest and most volatile asset — him — played out in public as his poll numbers falter.

One week after a campaign shake-up, the plan is for Trump to again become a regular public presence at the podium starting Tuesday as confirmed coronavirus cases spike nationwide.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/back-trump-virus-briefings-amid-lagging-polls-71885705

 

“I was doing them and we had a lot of people watching, record numbers watching in the history of cable television, and there’s never been anything like it,” Trump said. “So I think we’ll start that probably starting tomorrow, I’ll do it at 5 o’clock like we were doing — we had a good slot. A lot of people were watching.”

 

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-trump-briefings-20200720-kencemvd2ffnvkiupye24avdqe-story.html

 

 

guaranteed to be great entertainment!  get the family together, settle down with a bucket of tide pods and enjoy the show!

 

 

 

 

Biden must be laughing while waiting for another Trump's foot on the mouth statement, hit somebody with strong light or inject somebody with a disinfectant

Edited July 21, 2020 by Mavideol

[earlinclaifornia]

3 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Yep! Just keep dreaming chaps.

Dr., You are the one dreaming! I will be here election night and we can enjoy together.

[Silurian]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump's campaign funneled money into television ads as public opinion polls showed his Democratic opponent Joe Biden increasingly building a significant lead ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

 

Keep on wasting that cash, Donald. Nothings going to stop that downhill slide that you are on. A whopping 24.4 point difference (average)! 

 

Betting Odds - 2020 U.S. President

 

Edited July 21, 2020 by Silurian

[earlinclaifornia]

2 minutes ago, Silurian said:

 

Keep on wasting that cash, Donald. Nothings going to stop that downhill slide that you are on. A whopping 24.4 point difference (average)! 

 

Can you recall just a while back (May) his supporters were bragging as this, the betting line, was the only sole bright spot. LOL

[Silurian]

Just look at all the toss-up states! Donald is bleeding support from typical "Red" states. Texas, Ohio, Alaska and South Carolina have all moved into the toss-up column. Crazy.

 

2020 Electoral Map Based on Polls

 

 

[Mavideol]

17 minutes ago, Silurian said:

 

Keep on wasting that cash, Donald. Nothings going to stop that downhill slide that you are on. A whopping 24.4 point difference (average)! 

 

Betting Odds - 2020 U.S. President

 

I said before and will say it again... Trump will go down in history as being impeached and loosing with the biggest margin ever found in the US presidential election

[earlinclaifornia]

Biden406

 

Trump132

https://electoral-vote.com

Edited July 21, 2020 by earlinclaifornia

[Brickbat]

Money talks. It can buy votes from fools

[Burma Bill]

He is not going to be re-elected in my opinion:-

[canuckamuck]

Shouldn't cost much to beat Biden. He's the moral equivalent of Hilary but without a brain.

[Susco]

7 hours ago, pegman said:

Besides that there are about 20 Never Trump Republican groups putting out better ads than the Dems could ever dream of doing.

 

I don't know anything about US elections, but can someone tell me if it has ever happened in the past, that there have been so many groups,  from the same political party as the incumbent president, that were campaigning to get him removed?

[shdmn]

Jan: "It's one person coming in from China"

Feb: "It miraculously goes away"
Mar: "I don't take responsibility at all"
Apr: Inject disinfectant
May: "This is going to go away without a vaccine"

June: "It's dying out"
July: Still no mask

Late July and 145,000 dead Americans later: "We are united in our effort to defeat the invisible China (campaign advisors are telling him to always try blame China) Virus, and many people say it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance.  There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President"

 

Anyone with more than a few marbles in their head still not sure if he is nothing but a con artist who is in way over his head?

Edited July 21, 2020 by shdmn

[joecoolfrog]

4 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

Hey! regards geordie... Trump is working for free, dude... 

Are you ?

[joecoolfrog]

1 hour ago, Brickbat said:

Money talks. It can buy votes from fools

Yeh but a tad wasteful if most of the fools already support you.

[IAMHERE]

11 hours ago, worgeordie said:

You can bet that it did not include a Dollar of his own money ..

regards Worgeordie

Trump has given up a lot of money these last years being POTUS rather than taking care of his real estate empire. I don't mind others paying for his reelection. If it is the candidates money that pays for advertisements then just Billionairs will run//win.

[Tie Dye Samurai]

8 hours ago, Mavideol said:

Biden must be laughing while waiting for another Trump's foot on the mouth statement, hit somebody with strong light or inject somebody with a disinfectant

Proctor and Gamble (NYSE: PG) the leading Disinfectant distributor in the USA was up from 124.82 to 126.38 on the news of POTUS renewing his smash hit The Covid-19 Task Force Show for a second wave...er....I mean season.

 

https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/top-suppliers/disinfectant-companies-manufacturers/

Edited July 21, 2020 by Tie Dye Samurai

[geriatrickid]

9 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

Hey! regards geordie... Trump is working for free, dude... 

No he is not. He is profiting from his  position  as POTUS.

President Trump’s company charges the Secret Service for the rooms it uses while protecting Trump at his properties. The charges have been as high as $650 per night for a Mar-a-Lago Club hotel room, or $17,000 a month for a cottage at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster.

Who pays these bills? U.S. taxpayers. That means Trump has a business arrangement with his own government. Since Trump took office, he has visited his own properties in excess of 375* days. Secret Service agents come with him. And Trump’s company charges them.  (* 355 days as of march 20, 2020)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/trump-secret-service-spending/

 

 

[bendejo]

15 hours ago, ChouDoufu said:

we had a good slot. A lot of people were watching.

5 pm Eastern is 2 pm Pacific and all in between.  Maybe a "good spot" in that not as many see him make a fool of hisself.

 

 

[geriatrickid]

4 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

Trump has given up a lot of money these last years being POTUS rather than taking care of his real estate empire. I don't mind others paying for his reelection. If it is the candidates money that pays for advertisements then just Billionairs will run//win.

no he hasn't. He has made windfall profits from passing on costs to US taxpayers.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/trump-secret-service-spending/