The presumptive Republican nominee unloaded on Hillary Clinton Wednesday, and among the broadsides Trump delivered was a blistering counterattack on economic policy.
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Trump’s finance chair, Steve Mnuchin, confirmed the news to CNBC Thursday and added that Trump planned to give even more of his own money to the campaign. To my Republican friends: “I know I’m not alone”.
Evangelical leader Franklin Graham is still not endorsing any presidential candidate but reportedly told others America is better off with Republican nominee Donald Trump than with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
By comparison, Trump and groups supporting his candidacy had raised $67.1 million – with less than $2 million on hand. “In this election, I will cast my ballot for Secretary Clinton”. “If this was the business world, people would be commending Mr. Trump for the way he’s run this campaign”.
Trump’s decision to convert his loans into donations will likely assuage those fears, and the act represents a substantial financial commitment for the billionaire, who is famously careful with his money.
Trump also raised $6 million through online donations, Mnuchin said, following the real estate mogul’s first attempt to appeal to supporters to contribute to his campaign.
Trump, hurting for cash after he suddenly stopped self-funding his campaign last month, has mixed his public campaign and his private ventures for almost the entire 2016 race.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) continues to be concerned about Donald Trump’s chances in November, given the GOP nominee’s inability to stick to a script and his meager fundraising haul in May.
Team Trump’s resemblance to a fractious family business only increased with the abrupt firing on June 20th of its campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, a short-tempered, grudge-bearing schemer who had lost the trust of the candidate’s adult children.
“This is going to be a nontraditional campaign”, he said.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“TV advertising has been decreasing in importance for a long time, but the get-out-the vote stuff is crucial, particularly in an election that people perceive as being more about motivating their core voters, as opposed to winning over swing voters”.
The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate also shared her thoughts on Trump’s recent tactic to criticize her faith.
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This week a Quinnipiac poll showed a very tight race in OH and Pennsylvania – bad news for Clinton – but Trump falling sharply in Florida, now eight points behind.
