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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:42 AM Apr 2018

Trump's campaign has spent more than $650,000 on hats, mugs and other pro-Trump gear so far in 2018

Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

Trump’s campaign operation spent more than $650,000 on hats, mugs and other pro-Trump gear during the first three months of the year.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/15/trump-fundraising-2018-525567 … @MaggieSeverns



Trump fundraising operation pulled in $20M in first three months of 2018

By MAGGIE SEVERNS 04/15/2018 05:03 PM EDT

Donations to Donald Trump’s campaign operation surged to $20 million during the first three months of the year, new campaign finance filings show, in the wake of Republicans’ December victory in passing sweeping tax reform legislation.

The total haul for Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign and two groups that let him raise money alongside the Republican National Committee was up nearly $8 million, or 65 percent, from the operation’s fundraising in the previous quarter, which covered the end of 2017.

Trump’s campaign alone raised $10 million in the first quarter of 2018, and he had amassed a total of $28 million in his campaign account at the start of April, with more than two years to go before he is on the ballot in November 2020.
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Trump’s large campaign operation accrues significant costs: The campaign and the two joint fundraising committees together spent more than $650,000 on hats, mugs and other pro-Trump gear for supporters during the first three months of the year.
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Trump's campaign has spent more than $650,000 on hats, mugs and other pro-Trump gear so far in 2018 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 OP
Trump's reelection committee has spent more than $1 out of every $5 on legal fees this year. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #1
Any bets on what percentage of all that Trump gear Golden Raisin Apr 2018 #2
And the profit margin for himself dalton99a Apr 2018 #3
You just know he's pocketing the diff between wholesale cost and retail price ... mr_lebowski Apr 2018 #4

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
1. Trump's reelection committee has spent more than $1 out of every $5 on legal fees this year.
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:56 AM
Apr 2018

Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

New: Trump’s reelection committee has spent more than $1 out of every $5 on legal fees this year. From me & @anu_narayan


 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. You just know he's pocketing the diff between wholesale cost and retail price ...
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:16 PM
Apr 2018

Charging the campaign $30 or whatever per hat when they're like $1 to buy in bulk from China. Then it puts the 29 in it's pocketses. Nasssssty Trumps ...

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