Trump's Cash-Strapped Campaign
Donald Trump's campaign faces the greatest money deficit in modern presidential politics, entering June with nearly 40 million dollars less than Hillary Clinton's. With historically little cash at hand, some reporters wonder whether Trump's campaign counts as a campaign at all.
Ken Vogel, chief investigative reporter at Politico, discussed Trump's financial situation, the firing of Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, and a group of republican delegates looking to fire Trump at the convention.
Trump vs Clinton: the most lopsided fundraising start to a presidential election in the modern campaign finance era. https://t.co/W4EGZHz9bT
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) June 21, 2016
Sheldon Adelson "getting cold feet" about funding Trump, @kenvogel tells @BrianLehrer, after "Mexican" judge flap.
— Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) June 22, 2016
Cash-strapped Trump campaign has spent $208k on hats. Gives you a sense of where the focus has been, says @kenvogel.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 22, 2016
@BrianLehrer If I were the Republican Establishment, I would encourage the Trump Strawman theory. The best way to undermine & replace him
— Black Irish (@Mint_mulatto) June 22, 2016
