Donald Trump’s campaign has released a new fundraising video, and it is hilariously bad. In fact, I take that back, it’s pathetic.
Not only does it star Donald Trump, possibly the worst actor to ever be on film, but it shows a guy who was just estimated to be worth about $7.5 billion begging for money from people who just spent their last ten bucks on a red hat.
Standing aboard his airplane, in front of a television conveniently showing his most-attended rally so far this year, Trump begins his pitch.
“Whatever you can do to help out with the fundraising, that would be great, whatever it is,” he says. It sounds like one of the signs you see at the edge of the grocery store parking lot: “Anything Helps”
Despite the fact that he’s already thrown millions in donated money toward his legal fees to fight those pesky felony charges he got convicted of anyway, people apparently are still open to giving him money.
Maybe they should watch the rest of the video, then. Because he immediately turns around and basically says, “Not that we need it.”
Sorry, that came out harsh. What he actually said was, “But only if you have it. If you don’t have it, don’t stretch. Just relax. Because we’re doing really well. We’re leading in the polls by a lot. We’re leading with about everything, including the money.”
“So don’t stretch,” Trump says, “but if you can, we gotta win this thing. If we don’t win it, we have no country left.”
There is no end to the analogies I could make here. This is like a guy standing in front of a fountain of Diet Coke, asking for a sip of your Diet Coke, because if he doesn’t get a sip, he might get thirsty in between Diet Cokes, and then NOBODY will have any Diet Coke anymore. Diet Coke will cease to exist if he has to go without, and he doesn’t want to look like a glutton drinking from his own fountain.
Okay, that’s a little overboard.
But the reception this video got is pretty on point for people who obviously feel the same as I do. It took almost no time at all for one commenter to point out the obvious when it comes to how “well” his campaign is doing.
“No you’re not or else you wouldn’t be standing there begging for it! You’re BROKE!! Kamala raised almost $600 million in the last month! She’s going to kick your a*s and you know it!”
Others underlined the fact that Trump seems to ALWAYS be begging for money, and not doing anything good with it. From “It has always been a scam and a grift” to someone else calling him “a big failure,” everyone seemed to be coming to the same conclusion.
That was summed up in this comment, also on social media: “Yeah he doesn’t need any money but he thought he’d beg anyway.”
The most ironic part is, maybe Donald would have more of his own money if he hadn’t donated so much of it to other campaigns in the past — including Hillary Clinton and Kamala herself!
Remember that time Trump keeps talking about when Harris was the Attorney General for California? You, when she supposedly “ruined” the formerly great state? Yeah, he gave her six thousand bucks to get that seat.
In fact, back in 2016, he was briefly confronted with the topic of donating to Democrats previously, and he weighed in on it just as you might expect:
“One of them said, ‘No, I don’t think you’ve contributed to me.’ They found out I did. I’ve given to Democrats. I’ve given to Hillary. I’ve given to everybody, because that was my job. I’ve got to give to them because when I want something I get it. When I call, they kiss my a*s. It’s true.”
I wonder how many a*ses Trump is prepared to kiss in return for all the donations he’s gotten. I guarantee Kamala never kissed his in exchange for his campaign money 13 years ago.
Watch the ridiculous video for yourself, and see if you can spot the part where the rich guy assures you he doesn’t need what he’s asking for, but warns you that the country will be destroyed if he doesn’t get it:
“Billionaire” Trump is once again begging for money: “Whatever you can do to help us out with the fubraisingthat would be great…But only if you have it. If you don’t have it, don’t stretch. Just relax because we’re doing really well…We’re leading with about everything,… pic.twitter.com/qHDnoJJxCJ [1]
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 25, 2024 [2]
The Twitter responses were totally on point:
What happened to “self funded campaign” – remember those days. The grift is astounding.
— USED TO BE G.O.P. (@Used_To_Be_GOP) August 25, 2024 [3]
No you’re not or else you wouldn’t be standing there begging for it! You’re BROKE!! Kamala raised almost $600 million in the last month! She’s going to kick your ASS and you know it! You must be scared shitless. I hope you’re still wearing that diaper! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
— And Still I Rise 🌊🌊🌊🌊 (@invictis117) August 25, 2024 [4]
Says the man aboard his private 757
— Jim ( Just as I see it 😊🇺🇸🏳️🌈AA ) (@JamesNo50486407) August 25, 2024 [5]
From his private plane of course.
If you send money to this creep, you deserve him.
The rest of us on earth 1 do not.
Check yourself!
— Kerri Hope (@khope199) August 26, 2024 [6]
He just lies. He’s losing bigly in fundraising and voters. He’s a disgrace and happy to see the MAGA cult fever slowly breaking
— Unsalted Walnuts (@ucistud) August 25, 2024 [7]
tRump is the ultimate macho loser, getting canned by a woman of color is so very fitting.
— Richard Alexander (@ReiChiAlexan1_g) August 25, 2024 [8]
My 10-year-old child makes more coherent and sensible points when speaking.
— Hot Pursuit (@HOT1PURSUIT) August 26, 2024 [9]
Can any of my approximately 100-200 MAGA followers explain to me why they think it's OK to donate money to a "Billionaire"? 🤔At the same time when Trump claims that Biden's policies have resulted in more poverty and higher food prices.
— Jürgen .. 🌎❤️ (@Jurgen80048425) August 25, 2024 [10]