with the latest on the billionaire blowhard:
From Politico:
“Trump getting crushed by Clinton money machine: The presumptive GOP nominee reported just $1.3 million in cash on hand,” by Isaac Arnsdorf and Ken Vogel: “Trump's campaign started the month with a paltry $1.3 million in cash — a mere fraction of Hillary Clinton's $42.5 million war chest ... Even the defunct campaigns of Ted Cruz and Ben Carson had more cash on hand than Trump's. ... The filings detail campaign finances covering the month of May, during which Trump locked up the GOP nomination ... Trump raised just $3.1 million from donors ... [AP: Clinton’s campaign raised more than $26 million in May.]
“The May FEC report showed just 69 people on payroll, to Clinton's 685. And the Trump campaign's spending offered no signs of building a national campaign infrastructure. The biggest expenditures included $350,000 for the use of Trump’s private jet; $493,000 to rent Trump facilities such as Mar-A-Lago, the Trump winery, and two of his golf clubs; and $208,000 on hats. By comparison, the campaign spent only $48,000 on data management and $115,000 on online advertising.” http://politi.co/28LDmr3 ... AP http://bit.ly/28LEkDM
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--N.Y. Times 1-col. lead, “TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS IN DEEP HOLE ON FUND-RAISING: NEARLY BARE WAR CHEST -- Clinton Had $41 Million More on Hand at Start of June,” by Nick Confessore and Rachel S****y, with Agustin Armendariz and Nick Corasaniti: “The Trump campaign has not aired a television advertisement since he effectively secured the nomination in May and has not booked any advertising for the summer or fall. Mrs. Clinton and her allies spent nearly $26 million on advertising in June alone, according to the Campaign Media Analysis Group ...
“Trump’s cash crunch marks a stark reversal from the 2012 presidential campaign, which seemed to inaugurate a new era of virtually unlimited money in American politics ...
“Trump has defied conventional wisdom before ... And Republican officials believe they are well prepared to compensate for Mr. Trump’s late start. The [RNC] has more than 500 field staff members on the ground in swing states, far more than in 2012, and a robust digital and data operation.” http://nyti.ms/28LMBIU
--TRENDING: #TrumpSoPoor http://huff.to/28K7Wh6
MARK LEIBOVICH cover of forthcoming N.Y. Times Magazine, “G.O.P. Fun House: Inside the identity crisis roiling the Republican Party ... Will Trump Swallow the G.O.P. Whole?” http://nyti.ms/28KLquA ... See the cover. http://bit.ly/28PslEz
IF YOU READ ONLY 1 THING – “How Lewandowski finally ran out of lifelines: Trump's ousted campaign manager was a champion in-fighter, but ended up surrounded by enemies,” by Ken Vogel and Ben Schreckinger: “Lewandowski’s survival strategy began to backfire this month. ... [H]e was called into one of the executive offices at Donald Trump’s campaign headquarters in Manhattan’s Trump Tower on Monday morning for the final time as campaign manager ... He’d grown increasingly reckless in his power struggle, taking on the candidate’s own family and [RNC] chairman Reince Priebus. ...
“So when Lewandowski was informed in a meeting with Trump's adult children that he was being relieved of his dream job running the first-time candidate’s presidential campaign, the career GOP operative didn’t argue. Lewandowski emerged from the executive office to find security waiting, and they watched him as he packed up his things, then escorted him out of the building.” http://politi.co/28LFWxp
--GABE SHERMAN in NYMag.com, “After Months of Loyalty, Trump Finally Decided to Fire His Campaign Manager After a Bad Answer at a Meeting”: “[T]he children peppered Lewandowski with questions, asking him to explain the campaign’s lack of infrastructure. ... ‘Where are we with staffing? Where are we with getting the infrastructure built?’ ... their father grew visibly upset as he heard the list of failures. Finally, he turned to Lewandowski and said, ‘What’s your plan here?’ Lewandowski responded that he wanted to leak Trump’s vice-president pick. And with that, Lewandowski was out.” http://nym.ag/28Kmdf1
--“Trump reboots flailing campaign: Amid signs of division and disorganization, the presumptive GOP nominee makes a bold move,” by Gabe Debenedetti and Daniel Lippman: “Lewandowski, engaging in some damage control after his ouster, insisted there was no bad blood between him and [Paul] Manafort.” With cameos by Michael Steel, Rory Cooper, Alex Conant, Charlie Black http://politi.co/28KGvae
TOP TWEETS -- @Timodc: “Holy cow Trump had only 1.3 mil on hand 6/1. Minor congressional campaign level” http://bit.ly/28KmKO4 ... @Timodc: “If you count debts owed to Trump his campaign is $40+ mil in the red & bringing in only $3 mil a month. #bankruptDon” http://bit.ly/28LtbTv ... @MichelleFields: “Hey @CLewandowski_ I hear @BreitbartNews is hiring” ... @HerbieZiskend: “great for @CLewandowski_ - he’ll be remembered as a hero for winning primary and won’t be part of the whole thing burning down in the general.”
ENEMIES LIST-- WashPost Style front, top of col. 1, “Trump’s blacklist turns out to be a bit gray,” by Paul Farhi (online: “What actually happens when Trump blacklists a reporter”): “Reporters from affected organizations have to wait longer to enter Trump’s events [on a public ticket] ... Reporters banned by Trump get their credential requests turned down via a robo-email ... that says: ... ‘During the 2016 Presidential Primary race, the Donald J. Trump Campaign fully recognizes and respects all media but due to various venue sizes, media space, and safety, we must limit the number of credentialed media and give priority to our national and local outlets. We appreciate your understanding.’”http://wapo.st/28Krd3w
HAPPENING TODAY -- “Clinton plans to rip Trump on economy,” by Gabe Debenedetti in Columbus: “In a strike at the presumptive GOP nominee at one of the most politically vulnerable points of his campaign, Clinton is set Tuesday to use Trump’s public policy pronouncements and private business record to paint him as too dangerous to oversee the American economy. The address here in Ohio’s capital is intended to serve as a sequel to her early June anti-Trump speech on national security. ... Clinton will delve into his public pronouncements and his own record as a businessman.” http://politi.co/28Q5Ejn
FIRST LOOK – Per a Clinton campaign official: “Hillary for America is releasing a new website and web video ... detailing Donald Trump's real business record—and what it could mean for the economy in advance of Hillary Clinton's speech today in Columbus, Ohio.” www.artofthesteal.biz ...New 90-second video, “Bad Businessman”http://bit.ly/28L7GE5
TRUMP’S AMERICA -- “Moody’s Analytics analysis: Trump presidency would ‘significantly’ hurt economy,” by Nolan McCaskill: “Trump’s presidency would ‘significantly’ weaken the country, driving the U.S. into a ‘lengthy recession’ with nearly 3.5 million job losses and a 7 percent unemployment rate, according to a Moody’s Analytics analysis released Monday. ... ‘Broadly, Mr. Trump’s economic proposals will result in a more isolated U.S. economy. Cross-border trade and immigration will be significantly diminished, and with less trade and immigration, foreign direct investment will also be reduced,’ Mark Zandi, Chris Lafakis, Dan White and Adam Ozimek wrote in the report.”http://politi.co/28L3tjA ... The analysis http://bit.ly/28LW96G
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