Here's a Shocker: He's Stiffing the Staff

[Spitfire of ATJ]

Source: DAILY KOZ

Reuters is reporting the single least-surprising piece of campaign news this season:

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings.

Those who have so far not been paid, the filings show, include recently departed campaign manager Paul Manafort, California state director Tim Clark, communications director Michael Caputo and a pair of senior aides who left the campaign in June to immediately go to work for a Trump Super PAC.

While this should surprise precisely no one who’s paid the least bit of attention to Himself’s business career, it is far from the norm in the business of running political campaigns, particularly those playing in the biggest of big leagues.

Among the stiffees listed are Manafort, Rick Wiley, Barry Bennett, Rick Gates and the latest hand on the good ship Himself, Ms. Conway.


Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/2/1566127/-Here-s-a-Shocker-He-s-Stiffing-the-Staff

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I can picture him saying "I'm not paying you because you failed to increase my poll numbers."

[lunatica]

1. Can he still tell them "You're fired."?

[LuvNewcastle]

3. I think all signs point to Trump not having

anywhere near the assets he claims to have. All he is is a bullshitter. He's lied so much about himself through the years that he probably believes his own bullshit now. Billionaire, my ass! Show me some figures from a reputable source. He calls everyone else a loser and a failure, but I think he's the biggest failure of them all.

[benld74]

4. BUT his campaign headquarter size increase

And he immediately increased the $$$ being charged!!
Lining his pockets comes easy

Grifter

[Crash2Parties]

6. Anyone get the feeling his campaign exists only to be a customer of Trump Industries?

Couldn't you just see his mind working that way? I mean, its not like other GOP candidates in recent election cycles haven't used the earlier parts of campaigns simply to raise money for themselves. He just took it to the next level.

[csziggy]

7. The Bialostock candidate

He's doing it to skim off money.

I can only hope the people he burns will be so pissed off at the GOP they will stop participating in politics forever!

[Crash2Parties]

9. I'm happy with him simply fracturing the GOP

One fair size party for the MRA-Libertarians.
One very substantial party for the right wing conservative Christians.
One tiny little leftover party for the sane, non-bigoted Republicans.

[csziggy]

10. Yeah,that's pretty good

I suspect the GOP will split into ultra right wingers and moderates. Then I wouldn't be surprised if the centrist Democrats split from the liberal/progressives and merge with the moderate GOP. The right wing nuts are too crazy to sustain an organization so they will be left out in the cold, bringing us back to a two party system, social liberals and fiscal conservatives.

[SticksnStones]

11. Yup

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. note the 2 staffers who left to run the SuperPac

that is where the money is.Under campaign rules, any SuperPac money can be moved around until it is untraceable, essentially.

That is how/why Palin has her SuperPac to this day.

[tavernier]

5. If they're not complaining

why would it make big news?

He must have told them that there will be a yuuuge bonus for them on election night.

[SummerSnow]

8. No way he is paying Katrina Pierson,lol

[world wide wally]

12. It's okay. They won't talk about it on cable news.

They are too busy blaming Hillary for what the FBI said wasn't a crime…… but it sure is suspicious

[smirkymonkey]

13. What a complete dick!

I have no love for his staff, but for god's sake do the right thing for once.

[GWC58]

14. Yup,

he's a dick for sure. However, this is his modus operandi. This is how that prick, with small hands, operates. A douche with capital "D." I do feel for the contractors and small businesses he has "stuffed." He is worthless!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Wait till they discover every dollar he didn't pay them is a dollar he pocketed for himself.

[TonyPDX]

15. Who could have predicted this?

[mackdaddy]

16. Donald Trump has never held up his end of any "Deal" ever.

He screwed hundreds of workers and small contractors on his NJ Casinos work. Trump U was a complete scam.

I can not understand why anyone would ever trust him with anything.

[ansible]

18. I have a feeling Trump is genuinely broke

He's not just being stingy, he really doesn't have the money to pay them and gambled on being a president as a means to get out of whatever money problems he has.

[truthisfreedom]

19. Every penny of savings is a penny of pure profit!

What a turd.

[kimbutgar]

20. They probably signed those no disclosure statements and can't say they are being stiffed

The grifter grifted his campaign staff and they got stiffed by the 4 times bankrupt con man.

Couldn't happen to a better much of people. Fools who supported and helped Cheeto. Lol lol lol...

[Kennah]

21. Screws his staff. Wonder what he'll do to America. (n/t)

[6chars]

22. this is why he thinks he is brilliant

he just got something for nothing!

[greymattermom]

23. So one day one of them won't show up

and when asked, he or she will just say: I signed nondisclosure agreement and agreed to say nothing. What do I think of Mr. Trump? Nothing.

[MrScorpio]

24. When has a cult ever paid its members? nt

[treestar]

25. lol he already "paid enough"

I guess the free market is not something he believes in after all.

[no_hypocrisy]

27. Corey Lewandowski

must have some good secrets because he's supposed to have been paid severance since he was allegedly fired from the Trump Campaign.

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. Well Manafort has his $12Million from Russia

I wouldn't be surprised if some agreed to work for free in exchange for positions in his administration when he wins. Not that he'll win, but I imagine some of his underlings are just as arrogant as he is.