Posted on 10/07/2015 4:16:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Many Republicans have tried and failed to win the presidential nomination without support from the party establishment. Donald Trump argues he is different from those hopefuls because his wealth enables him to fund an insurgent campaign all by himself. But for all the talk about his money, so far, Trump isn’t using it.
Trump campaign officials say he has only spent about $2 million – far less than fellow GOP candidates Dr. Ben Carson and Sen. Ted Cruz, for instance. each spent $5.5 million just through July, according to the latest FEC reports. Hillary Clinton’s campaign, meanwhile, spent $18 million in the same period; that’s nine times Trump’s entire spending to date.
Politicos and reporters often cast Trump as a self-funded outsider candidate, assuming he will follow the pricey campaign model of businesspeople like Meg Whitman and Michael Bloomberg, each of whom spent $100 million of their own money on a single race. Three months into Trump’s unusual campaign, however, the evidence suggests his candidacy remains largely buoyed by his celebrity status and free press, not his actual wealth.
Leading news organizations have covered Trump’s brash campaign more than any other candidate. According to a September tally by the Tyndall Report, Trump drew 43% of all GOP coverage on network news this year, despite his late entry into the race. Experts say Trump’s celebrity status yields coverage that money can’t buy....
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thanx
He has a huge number of staffers and security guys -- I've seen 'em with my own eyes. Facilities for big events cost a whole lot of cash. And his jumbo jet and helicopters are not cheap to operate either.
$2 million simply isn't plausible. At all.
I have a hunch that there are a whole lot of things that money is being spent on that are not being charged off to the campaign.
Sound like the ‘consultants’ are annoyed that they aren’t getting their share.
I agree with all you've said, but not sure what you mean by this last sentence. Are you saying he's paying for this personally or you think much of it is being donated?
I think he’s paying for a lot of stuff out of his own pocket. How that works out with the campaign laws and bookkeeping I don’t know.
But there’s no way on God’s green earth that he has spent only two million.
I’ve helped run presidential campaigns, so I sort of know what things cost.
What this really tells us about Donald Trump...
Many do not get a clue from his book.
He is pulling your chain folks, playing on your emotions to get a desired effect.
We told you about Obama back in 2008 and we were right and we can tell you about Donald Trump also.
Just because he has only spent $ 2 million so far in this game does NOT mean he is “ fiscally conservative “ as some are deluded to think here, but rather it shows he does not have much skin in this game and is NOT in it to win.
Donald Trump playing footies with the Teamsters Unions should be a big red flag here for Conservatives here to get a huge clue whom might inclined to support him.
Wake the hell up people, you are being used and manipulated..
Donald Trump is pulling your chain.
Some people just go crazy over General Mills CoCoa Puffs.
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