Trump's former campaign manager, Brad Parscale, he of the multiple houses and a new Ferrari, bragged that he had turned the Trump re-election campaign into the Death Star. He apparently never saw any of the Star Wars movies. But, at least he should have understood that he was dealing with a candidate and family who are some of the world's biggest grifters. He should have also realized that if you put a pile of money in front of any member of the Trump family and turn your back, the pile will be noticeably smaller when you turn back around.
It appears much of the problem was the way that Trump himself, along with Parscale, the Trump’s family and other associates, treated the campaign as a personal piggybank. Trump paid his family’s enormous legal bills with campaign cash. Money was routinely spent to fluff Trump’s ego, as with the reported $11 million spent on Super Bowl ads. Nearly a third of the cash was routed through “a single limited liability company linked to Trump campaign officials.” The partners of Trump’s two sons are literally on the payroll. Trump’s own incompetence is also a factor, leading to massive losses as he impulsively switched the Republican convention from Charlotte to Jacksonville to and then, effectively, to Washington. And the campaign spent far more money on fundraising than is typical, suggesting that Parscale was more interested in bragging about his Death Star than making it run efficiently.
What makes this entire situation even funnier is that it was entirely predictable: Give Donald Trump a billion dollars and he blows it all. That’s how the man has operated his entire career. Trump’s history of running various businesses into bankruptcy — including Atlantic City casinos — isn’t exactly some big secret. Of course he runs his campaign the same way. Giving the man money is like lighting it on fire, and always has been.
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