Politics
How Trump Stole $64.3 Million From His Supporters
It worked so well, that the Republican Party as a whole has adopted this tactic
The grifting was never-ending during the nightmare that was the Trump administration. Trump’s largest money grab occurred during his campaign for a second term.
According to the New York Times, the Trump campaign was running out of money by the end of the summer of 2020. Trump was furious. And not just because there was no money for media buys, but also because the Biden campaign was ahead in fundraising.
Trump never likes to lose.
I’m guessing that he had one of his volcanic eruptions which sent his minions scrambling to come up with a way not just to raise enough money to refill the coffers, but also to raise more money than Biden.
That’s how Trump, who is incredibly insecure, measures his self-worth. By raising more money than his opponent.
The method his minions came up with was ingenious. Send emails to everyone on the mailing list asking for a donation and include a teeny tiny pre-checked box to make the one-time donation a recurring donation instead. They were counting on the fact that a lot of people wouldn’t notice the little checked box. And a lot of…
