Trump Beefing Up Comms Staff Before Dem Primary, House Investigations

HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 22: Supporters cheer as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in support of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on October 22, 2018 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Cruz, the incumbent, is s... HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 22: Supporters cheer as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in support of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on October 22, 2018 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Cruz, the incumbent, is seeking Senate re-election in a high-profile race against Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke. (Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Between an incredibly crowded Democratic primary field and the onslaught of investigations likely to be launched from a panoply of House committees, President Donald Trump is in for some bad press.

Accordingly, Trump’s campaign is looking to beef up its communications staff, possibly poaching people from the White House comms shop, according to a Wednesday CNBC report.

The Trump campaign reportedly has plenty of funds available to make hires, with $19 million on hand and another $15 million in fundraising committees.

He will hold his first official MAGA campaign rally in El Paso, Texas next week.

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  1. Little Sarah is SO relieved…

  2. So…he’s ready, willing and able to spend ungodly amounts of money to protect himself, but he prefers ‘acting’ personnel in charge of major agencies and leaving scores of key positions unfilled.

    At least he came out of his Twitter bunker long enough to see to the important things in life. The only thing we need to know is if he saw his shadow or not.


    Everything is a satellite to some other thing.
  3. Avatar for nycabj nycabj says:

    It would be nice if he spent some time focusing on appointing Ambassadors and others who actually make government operate. I know burnishing his image will take a lot of effort, but doing his job for a change could help even him. On the other hand, maybe he could have the new staff explain intell memos to him. Hah.

  4. Job notice: Lying liars wanted. Send resumes to John Barron.

  5. This has the look and feel of the inauguration funds scam. WTF has his campaign committee done in furtherance of his election in 2020 that seemingly upwards of $80-90 million has already been spent? I don’t see “Vote Trump 2020” commercials on TV. I don’t read of massive get out the vote efforts requiring huge payroll expenditures. What has Trump’s campaign and the RNC apparently spent almost $100 million dollars on to get him reelected almost two years before Election Day?

    
    
    "The Trump campaign reportedly has plenty of funds available to make hires, ***with $19 million on hand*** and another $15 million in fundraising committees."
    

    (CNN)President Donald Trump’s fundraising neared $130 million during the first two years of his presidency, as he readies for what will be a costly re-election battle in 2020, figures released Thursday by his campaign indicate.

    Trump’s campaign, along with the joint fundraising committees he operates with the Republican National Committee, took in a combined $21 million during the last three months of 2018, campaign officials said Thursday night. That’s on top of $106 million these groups had raised through the end of October.

    Trump, who filed for re-election on the day of his inauguration in January 2017, has set an unprecedented fundraising pace. His immediate predecessor, Barack Obama, did not begin collecting campaign funds in earnest until the third year of his first term in office and had raised just $4.1 million at the same point in his presidency.

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