Even after his presidency is over, Donald Trump is aggressively seeking donations from his supporters. A large portion of the millions come from small donors — and they end up directly in Trump’s pockets.
Advertise with aggressive emails and SMS Donald Trump More than a year after his electoral defeat, he is still soliciting donations from his supporters. Anyone who gave the Trump network their address or phone number would receive up to 15 messages from the former US president some days, New York Times journalist Jordan Kleiber recently documented on Twitter:
Trump’s fundraising initiative Save America alone has raised more than $62 million since early 2021. At the same time, nearly another $30 million has gone to the Make America Great Again fundraiser. The lion’s share of the money comes from retirees, according to data from the NGO Open Secrets: more than $17 million. Health care workers, government workers, teachers and real estate agents also top the list.
Trump pays lawyers donations
Officially, millions of small donors should be used to re-elect Trump in 2024, but there are serious doubts about this. US election law allows Trump to use money from fundraising initiatives as he pleases – and he apparently does. “They are free to use that money,” Lawrence Noble, a former general counsel for the Federal Election Commission, told the Washington Post.
For example, Trump should use the money to pay the lawyers who will defend him in his civil and criminal cases, Spiegel reported. Trump allows promotional events or exclusive donation parties at his private residence, such as the Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida or at Trump Tower in New York — his fundraising initiatives in turn pay rent for this.
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Save America and Make America Great Again transferred more than $268,000 to Trump businesses in the first half of 2021 alone, according to The Washington Post. Travel expenses for himself and his people to the shows must also be funded in this way. During Trump’s speeches, advertising banners point to Trump’s donation pages – closed circle.
So far, the Republican has left Trump open about whether he will run for the US presidential election in 2024. Kellyanne Conway, a former adviser to Trump, told the Washington Post: “He is keeping Republicans on edge and telling them that no one in the party should move a finger until they take action. their decision.” Trump’s biggest challenger to the 2024 nomination is his ex-Vice Mike Pence And his former foreign minister Mike Pompeo.