Tag: Trump reelection campaign

Trump unleashing digital juggernaut ahead of 2020

President Trump is ramping up his formidable digital operation nearly two years before the 2020 election, doubling down on a playbook that helped pave his path to the White House.

Trump’s campaign has already spent more than $3.5 million in small, targeted ads on Facebook, while an allied group has spent more than $6 million, making him the biggest U.S. political spender since Facebook began tracking ad spending in May 2018.

And just like in 2016, Trump is pairing the heavy spending with an active Twitter feed, dishing out insults and mocking his potential Democratic opponents as their long and crowded race to the nomination gets underway.

View the complete February 25 article by Tal Axelrod, Michael Burke and Rafael Nam on The Hill website here.

Trump’s reelection committee has spent more than $1 out of every $5 on legal fees this year

The following article by Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Anu Narayanswamy was posted on the Washington Post website April 15, 2018:

More than half the money raised by President Trump’s campaign in the first quarter of 2018 came from small donations. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

President Trump’s reelection campaign spent more than $1 out of every $5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult-film star.

Of the $3.9 million that Trump’s committee spent in the first quarter of 2018, more than $834,000 went to eight law firms and the Trump Corp. for legal fees, according to new Federal Election Commission records filed Sunday.

The latest figures bring the Trump campaign’s total spending on legal fees to nearly $4 million since the president took office, records show. In the last quarter of 2017, Trump’s campaign committee spent $1.1 million in legal fees. Continue reading “Trump’s reelection committee has spent more than $1 out of every $5 on legal fees this year”

Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech

The following article by John Wagner was posted on the Washington Post website January 29, 2018:

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President Trump is seeking to parlay his first State of the Union address on Tuesday into cash for his reelection campaign by offering supporters a chance to see their name flashed on the screen during a broadcast of the speech.

In a fundraising solicitation on Monday, Trump offered those willing to pay at least $35 the opportunity to see their name displayed during a live streaming of the address on his campaign website.

“This is a movement,” the solicitation says. “It’s not about just one of us. It’s about ALL of us. Which is why your name deserves to be displayed during Tuesday night’s speech.” Continue reading “Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech”