The Donald Trump thread

[Wales-Bales]

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/lara-t...s-204706373768

The RNC are close to getting trumps daughter in law as co-chair, who plans to spend most of their money on trumps legal fees and bills, which are about half a billion dollars.

That's all money that would otherwise have been spent on his campaign.

Fact check:

Lara Trump, former President Trump's daughter-in-law, told reporters she believed Republican voters would support the idea of the RNC helping pay some of his legal bills.

Verdict: A red card for lardy!

[jon1959]

Fact check:

Lara Trump, former President Trump's daughter-in-law, told reporters she believed Republican voters would support the idea of the RNC helping pay some of his legal bills.

Verdict: A red card for lardy!

The RNC currently has less than $10m in its election fund - and Donald J Trump has court costs and fines of over $540m in just the last year (there are also older fines and costs outstanding). The RNC will certainly raise more money soon, but for now they are only able to pay off under 2% of his 'legal fees and bills' if they hand over every dollar and cent to him.

By definition if the RNC 'spend most of their money' on Trump that can only be for 'some of his legal bills'.

Verdict: A red card for Gluey!

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/06/trum...20legal%20fees

[lardy]

The RNC currently has less than $10m in its election fund - and Donald J Trump has court costs and fines of over $540m in just the last year (there are also older fines and costs outstanding). The RNC will certainly raise more money soon, but for now they are only able to pay off under 2% of his 'legal fees and bills' if they hand over every dollar and cent to him.

By definition if the RNC 'spend most of their money' on Trump that can only be for 'some of his legal bills'.

Verdict: A red card for Gluey!

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/06/trum...20legal%20fees

A first class fact check, as ever, Jon.

In public, the cult will continue. But surely behind the scenes, your average republican trying to win their votes is not going to be happy about this. Money is the last stand, are they really going to go out fundraising knowing that it will never be spent on them and their chances of winning get smaller as November gets closer?

And you're right to say that the RNC won't come close to the full amount. Trump has just paid $91m for the Carroll case. I wonder who bailed him out for that? Who is he beholden to?

[Wales-Bales]

A first class fact check, as ever, Jon.

In public, the cult will continue. But surely behind the scenes, your average republican trying to win their votes is not going to be happy about this. Money is the last stand, are they really going to go out fundraising knowing that it will never be spent on them and their chances of winning get smaller as November gets closer?

And you're right to say that the RNC won't come close to the full amount. Trump has just paid $91m for the Carroll case. I wonder who bailed him out for that? Who is he beholden to?

Paid or put into an escrow account?