One of the many stories to come out of the 2020 presidential campaign was that President Donald Trump blew through $1.1 billion and didn’t move the needle in his polling.
Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker’s new book, I Alone Can Fix It, details a bizarre bet between disgraced former campaign manager Brad Parscale and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell over who was better at creating campaign ads.
According to the book, Trump was fascinated with the “deal” he thought Lindell was getting for ads on Fox News. Candidates theoretically are supposed to be given the lowest ad rate, and cable news advertising is notoriously cheaper than networks. Continue reading.