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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu May 22, 2025, 09:35 PM Thursday

Trump's $600 million war chest: How he plans to wield his power in the midterms and beyond

WASHINGTON (AP) — Between a barrage of executive orders, foreign trips and norm-shattering proclamations, Donald Trump has also been busy raking in cash.

The president has amassed a war chest of at least $600 million in political donations heading into the midterm elections, according to three people familiar with the matter. It’s an unprecedented sum in modern politics, particularly for a lame-duck president who is barred by the U.S. Constitution from running again.

Trump is keeping an aggressive fundraising schedule with the ultimate goal of raising $1 billion or more to back his agenda and hold the House and Senate next November, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share internal details of the fundraising efforts.

The preoccupation with fundraising might seem highly unusual for a president who was notably averse to dialing for dollars when he first ran. But according to people familiar with his thinking, it makes perfect sense: By amassing money, Trump amasses power.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-600-million-war-chest-202412574.html

He's going to need a lot of money to polish the turd known as "The big booty full bill". Not sure if it's going to work.

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Trump's $600 million war chest: How he plans to wield his power in the midterms and beyond (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP
LOL, he's going to find ways to funnel it to himself. W_HAMILTON Thursday #1

W_HAMILTON

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1. LOL, he's going to find ways to funnel it to himself.
Thu May 22, 2025, 09:42 PM
Thursday

I'm not too worried about him spending the money helping OTHER Republicans win.

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