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BumRushDaShow

(167,817 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:04 AM 6 hrs ago

Republicans are worried about Trump's midterm spending: report

Source: msn/The Independent

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President Donald Trump is in control of a large sum of cash as the November midterm elections approach, but some Republicans are concerned he’ll be reluctant to spend it, according to a new report.

Trump’s allies have estimated that he controls a political war chest of about $1.4 billion, Puck News reports. This apparent total doesn’t include the millions Trump has raised for other projects, including the White House ballroom and his presidential library, according to the outlet. This comes after Trump bragged in August that he had raised “in excess of $1.5 billion” since the 2024 election.

Now, some Republicans are worried Trump won’t be willing to spend enough on key midterm races to make a difference, according to Puck News. An unnamed Republican Senator told the outlet: “He’ll never spend all that money, because history tells us that.” Given that Trump isn’t running for reelection, some are questioning where the cash might go. “I think a lot of people are asking, ‘What is it all for?’” Saurav Ghosh, the federal campaign finance reform director at the Campaign Legal Center, told the Associated Press.

The funds could help Trump influence the midterms, and even the 2028 presidential race, the AP reports. Sources close to the president have insisted he’s eager to help Republicans, though he has appeared reluctant to spend on other people’s races in the past, according to the outlet. Trump’s team appears to be making a plan for which races he may focus on.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-are-worried-about-trump-s-midterm-spending-report/ar-AA1WLDBj



Link to Puck News REPORT - Trump’s $1.4B Midterm Revenge Tour

Given that Trump isn’t running for reelection, some are questioning where the cash might go. “I think a lot of people are asking, ‘What is it all for?’”


Someone really needs to ask that question????? "What is it all for?". What the hell do you think it's for.
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Republicans are worried about Trump's midterm spending: report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP
But, but SallyHemmings 6 hrs ago #1
They are worried Trump will steal their money? Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #2
Once money reaches tRump's coffers.... SergeStorms 4 hrs ago #3
Exactly PatSeg 2 hrs ago #6
Isn't that cute? They think he would spend his money on them. Vinca 4 hrs ago #4
NOW they decide to worry???? MLWR 3 hrs ago #5

Irish_Dem

(80,584 posts)
2. They are worried Trump will steal their money?
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:40 AM
5 hrs ago

My goodness, they are sure slow learners aren't they?

SergeStorms

(20,286 posts)
3. Once money reaches tRump's coffers....
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:50 AM
4 hrs ago

it seldom, if ever, trickles down to anyone else for any reason.

tRump has a strict "what's yours is mine and what's mine stays mine" policy.

PatSeg

(52,743 posts)
6. Exactly
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:43 AM
2 hrs ago

He doesn't like spending any money on anything other than himself. It doesn't matter if it is HIS money or someone else's.

MLWR

(937 posts)
5. NOW they decide to worry????
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:58 AM
3 hrs ago

He's been wasting taxpayer dollars hand over fist like it was coming out of some spigot since he got into office. And God only knows how much he has filched.

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