Posted on 05/29/2016 3:08:01 AM PDT by Pinkbell
Donald Trump's campaign has alerted Senate Republicans that he won't have much money to spend fending off attacks from Hillary Clinton over the next couple months.
The notice came when Paul Manafort, Trump's senior advisor, met with a group of Senate Republican chiefs of staff for lunch last week, sources familiar with the meeting told the Washington Examiner. The admission suggests that Trump will be far more dependent on the GOP brass for money than he has led voters to believe, but it's consistent with his reliance on the Republican National Committee to provide a ground game in battleground states.
"They know that they're not going to have enough money to be on TV in June and probably most of July, until they actually accept the nomination and get RNC funds, so they plan to just use earned media to compete on the airwaves," one GOP source familiar with Manafort's comments told the Examiner.
That's a far cry from Trump's public insistence that he signed a fundraising agreement with the RNC in order to help the party, not himself. "The RNC really wanted to do it, and I want to show good spirit," he said last week. "'Cause I was very happy to continue to go along the way I was."
Still, Trump allies have suggested that the RNC is going to take advantage of the real estate mogul. "I don't think the RNC is 100 percent committed," a GOP donor told CNN. "If Donald Trump's seven points down in October, they're going to put that money toward Senate races and House races."
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Earlier in the week Rush said the WaPo poll had him up by 2 points. That makes it a statistical dead heat.
The Donald has a plan regardless of what people think.
In their zeal to see Trump destroy the GOPe, I guess they weren't listening...
I’m trying to remember the “trick” Obama pulled with the funding. Said one thing then did another.
It’s usually retarded shills with selective attention eager to accuse Trump of “flip-flopping.”
Yes, absolutely. One of my first thoughts. People who are in the business of underestimating Trump are losing their asses.
If you think Trump has a half a billion cash on hand or liquid assets...
You might want to pay a bit more attention...
Totally agree.
I was always amazed at the early Trump supporters who thought Trump would actually be able to go this whole thing alone because they thought he didn't need the RNC or the GOP support...
Sorry, you don't win the POTUS without tremendous support and financial backing...
One of the delusions of the #NeverGetIt crowd is that Trump’s planning in anything he does is chaotic and haphazard.
Trump never said he was going to self fund the general election. Only his primary campaign, which he did and was very efficient at it. Why would he have to self fund the general when it’s the party he is representing?
Trump never said he was going to self fund the general election. Only his primary campaign, which he did and was very efficient at it. Why would he have to self fund the general when it’s the party he is representing?
Cruz lost and he did himself in - get over it. Trump has stood by his words/intentions far more than anyone else in the race and if we want to keep Hillary out, we should expect that it is incumbent on us to donate to trump too. i donated some $500-$600 to Cruz before it became obvious it was he that couldn't run the lemonade stand. Then I began donating to Trump because he is the best hope we have. The more private citizens donate, the less other money would be required - have you done your part or are you just envious of someone who made it big?
“How silly of his die hard supporters here to believe Trump would never take DC money....a
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You are such a wise person, so perceptive, it is truly amazing.
However, Trump early on, when asked the question of funding, stated that he would fund the primaries and the RNC would do the general.
I know that, you know that...
I'm really just commenting on the fact, I was roundly mocked and criticized by some Trump supporters when I mentioned the fact he will have to at some point work with the RNC and the GOPe...
That made me an idiot and stooge...
Diamond and Ailk are planning a birthday bomb to his website. Encourage others to donate on June 14 th DJT 70 birthday to Donald J Trump .com.
This way he will not be dependent in any way on RNC. We don’t have to be supportive of them and We The People support our candidate. Suggested amount was $125 or what ever one could afford
I thought I said he could borrow it. I am not privy to any inside info on his liquid assets since his is a privately held Corporation.
Why not tell me what you know about this?
Yes I meant that if I did not say it in that way. His own money would of course be on an “as needed” basis. I actually believe he will do quite well with individual donations.
I realize that as a good business man he would not be sitting on cash, especially in the low interest environment we have today. But that does not mean he could not borrow the cash using equity in some of the many, many properties he owns to one degree or another.
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