Why is Trump holding all these rallies?

[imanamerican63]

It has to cost a lot of money for these communities to hold them in their towns? Because we know that Trump doesn’t pays his bills? One would think these communities would catch on with his antics? It has to be the best con that Trump has pulled off? Rake in thousands of dollars and never pay them back!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. You've answered your own question. NT

[sky_masterson]

2. It's a moving My Pillow sales convention

All I know is that the crowds are starting to shrink and a lot of these people follow Trump around from rally to rally.

[mahina]

3. Because he's a hustler and it's a hustle

[BlueJac]

4. Continuing the Con....

His ego must be fed!

[NanceGreggs]

5. He's trying to prove ...

... that he still has sway over Republican voters.

It's not going well. The crowds are getting smaller.

In a way, he's come full circle. He started his "pResidency" by lying about how many people attended his inauguration - now he's lying about how many people are attending his rallies.

What a pathetic loser.

[Tickle]

8. By smaller crowds

At the last rally only 5k showed up we shall see how many show up on 4/9 Yes it’s pissing me off

[PatSeg]

25. Yeah, he started out having to pay

people $50 a head to attend his announcement that he was running for president. I'm sure at that point, he had no idea how large the crowds would eventually get. Now those crowds are shrinking, so it does appear he HAS come full circle. It really is amazing his appeal has lasted as long as it has actually. He is terribly boring and redundant. His followers can easily just stay at home and watch reality TV that is more interesting.

It is very difficult sustaining a populist following. The messaging gets old quickly and the energy tends to wane. Eventually, people are drawn to the next shiny object.

[louis-t]

35. I think his worshipers go now just to brag

to other MAGA worshipers that they were there.

[PatSeg]

40. Yeah, just a pastime

but eventually it won't be worth all the trouble of getting there - traffic, finding a parking place, waiting hours for Trump to arrive, only to listen to the same old spiel they've heard hundreds of times. Then find your car and fight traffic to get back home, probably very tired and hungry. They could have just ordered a pizza, popped open a beer, and binge-watched Dog, The Bounty Hunter.

Trump really doesn't know or understand his base. Though their lives may be fairly limited, they honestly can find better things to do than listen to him ramble incoherently for an hour or more.

[louis-t]

42. That's why most leave early.

[PatSeg]

43. Which is understandable

I've left events early to avoid the rush and Trump wasn't going to say anything new and interesting worth hanging around for. Eventually, it is just not going to be worth all the time and trouble. He is so full of himself, that he believes they will follow him to the ends of the earth, but even the "poorly educated" have better things to do.

[betsuni]

6. Rallies are supposed to start the populist revolution. This was not his idea, he borrowed it.

Like "the election was rigged" thing.

[llmart]

7. Question...

I guess I don't understand how these rallies are paid for, so I'm asking if someone can enlighten me. I'm assuming someone pays for the use of the arena, probably his "people". What other costs are involved and just what is picked up by the taxpayers?

[Tickle]

9. I suspect you pay

for a permit ahead of time. Wouldn’t you have to pay the cops 👮‍♀️ ahead of time to? I guess the vendors make out

[llmart]

13. Found this tidbit in an online article...

Michigan Stars Sports Center is zoned for only 1,500 or 1,600 people, according to the local newspaper, The Macomb Daily. At least four times that number of people are expected to be there on Saturday.

While the venue does not have a permit for the event, Washington Township Supervisor Sebastian Previti says the rally is still cleared to continue since it's being treated as a private event.

“It’s my understanding, everything is under control,” said Michigan Stars Sports Center owner George Juncaj.

Juncaj says he has been in contact with Previti, the area fire chief, and other key leaders from the community. He says they remain confident Saturday's event will be safe.

“We're all on the same page, we're working very hard, everything's gonna be right and (Previti's) going to do everything he can to make everything being right,” he said.

[empedocles]

10. RW political groups in red areas use their clout to get authority OK's for trump,

with a wink, that trump 'will pay'?

[llmart]

14. That's exactly what happened.

I posted an excerpt from a local news source.

[Effete Snob]

29. Local candidates pay for the endorsement

If you are a Republican primary candidate and you want Trump to endorse you, you pay. If you can pay enough, you get a rally.

[llmart]

31. At this point in time, I wonder why any GOP candidate would want his endorsement.

Has anyone heard any estimates (legitimate ones, not the ones his people would put out) of crowd size?

[GoCubsGo]

36. He's holding them mainly at cheap-ass fairgrounds in the middle of nowhere.

No need to hire all the security, etc., that is needed in more urban areas. Most of the expenses are paid for by rube donors and the suckers who buy tickets and private meetings with Fat Bastard, and from shit that they sell there, like t-shirts and his coffee table picture book of photos he stole from his photographer. I understand that a signed copy goes for something like $200-$300.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Because people can't stop talking about them.

[Vinca]

12. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

It's all about milking the suckers for every dime they've got. Trump must be surprised they're such continuous, easy targets, but here they are having prayers declaring the real president and throwing rose petals and dollar bills at his feet.

[C_U_L8R]

15. Money and ego

It gives the vile one a sense of power and purpose. And the suckers are more than willing.

[3Hotdogs]

16. Based on the 1st Amendment, the rallies have to be approved. Conditions can be set but that is all.

The cities then get stuck with the bills for crowd control and such.

[Farmer-Rick]

24. Hehe.....

I didn't know the Constitution gave me a free rally location. I need to cash in and get on my soap box and do a rally. That will go over big in deep red Tennessee.

I know what you mean but my mind went there.....

[3Hotdogs]

28. Nah, it takes a bit more work but if ya really wanna milk the cow, pay around $50 and get a preacher

certificate from one of those mail order places --- fuck --- better yet, just print your own.

Change your name to Billy Jim and explain how you are collecting money for the Lord and you are gonna be watching over that money until Jesus comes down to claim it.

[Farmer-Rick]

30. So true

Seems in the US you can get away with most anything if you claim religious reasons.

[Liberal In Texas]

41. When the NRA convention came here, I wrote my city councilman and asked why we couldn't deny

them using the Civic Auditorium. There was quite a lot of support for not letting them come here. This is a pretty blue area. He said that by law the city couldn't deny them (not sure what law.) I imagine it's the same for the Orange Blob rallies.

[gab13by13]

17. Want to know why?

Last night before I went to bed I counted 17 posts about Trump on page 1 here. The best thing to do to a Narcissist is to ignore him, but people can't, they keep him in the lime light, even bad publicity is publicity, for any comebacks.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Yep.

[Jetheels]

20. +1

[llmart]

32. "The best thing to do to a Narcissist is to ignore him, but people can't"...

As individuals we can ignore him, but this was the leading story on our local NBC news station here in Detroit this morning. Me ignoring the story isn't going to change anything one whit until the media stops reporting on him. They are much more to blame than any one person.

I've even gone so far as to contact the main newscaster once a few weeks ago when he gave a seditionist rep a platform to spew her garbage on his Sunday morning political show. He actually responded to me immediately saying I should watch the entire show to see how he "took her to task" for her not voting to certify Biden's election. I got the impression that many people were complaining about him having her on, and that he was covering his butt.

[GoCubsGo]

39. Ignoring him doesn't make him go away, either.

It just lets him do even worse shit while nobody is watching him.

[Fla Dem]

19. Because it's a grift and he's a grifter and he's an egomanic,

loves to hear himself talk and feeds on the adulation.
He is a mentally disturbed man and should be in an institution; a prison or institution for the criminally insane.

[Farmer-Rick]

26. Yeah, when Reagan sent all the institutionalized

Mental health patients out on the streets, the Trump's were the first ones out.

[left-of-center2012]

21. Ego

[rickford66]

22. 21st Century Medicine Show

I bet the vendors pay a nice fee to set up and sell trinkets to the rubes. Not many attendees are unadorned with cult symbols.

[aeromanKC]

23. Cult

Jones didn't pay for Jonestown with his own money.

[Farmer-Rick]

27. Ahhh

Good point.

[doc03]

33. Money for nothing. nt

[taxi]

34. Because he has no choice now.

If I were of the opinion that there is known, documented, and proven evidence of crimes against the US by Trump, then it would stand to reason that these continuing events are conditions that Trump must comply with.

[Emile]

37. The con never stops with Trump!

[CrackityJones75]

38. Because he is a russian asset spreading discord

He is actively trying to rip our country apart.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

44. TFG is a sick puppy who needs to be praised by idiots

[struggle4progress]

45. He wants money, and this is how he's raising it

Fundraising giant but miserly spender
March 22, 2022
8:55 PM EDT
Last Updated 12 days ago

By Jason Lange and Alexandra Ulmer

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's Save America group has quickly become one of the top Republican fundraising organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 congressional elections.

But so far it has been stingy with its spending on Republican efforts to win in November compared to the expenditures of other groups, according to a Reuters analysis of financial disclosures made to the Federal Election Commission.

Trump has already drawn attention for giving only small amounts to Republican candidates, but the findings of the Reuters analysis showing the sharp contrast in spending have not been previously reported.

Since Trump founded Save America in November 2020, the group has raised $124 million -- the largest war chest ever built by an ex-president -- but spent only about $14 million, or around 11%. Much of that has gone to funding rallies and ads that ostensibly promote Republicans running for Congress but focus more on Trump himself ...

[struggle4progress]

46. Fundraising tactics face difficult questions

March 14, 2022, 8:40 AM EDT
By Steve Benen

If you’re on the mailing list for Donald Trump’s political operation, you probably received a recent email about a contest. In fact, you probably received several such emails, alerting you to an exciting possibility: By making a contribution of any size, you’d become eligible to win a dinner with the former president in New Orleans.

The Republican’s leadership PAC, Save America, made the fundraising appeal sound quite enticing, telling prospective donors that Team Trump would pay for the meal, the plane ticket, and even the price of the room at a “very nice” hotel. All the former president’s supporters had to do was throw some money his way.

The Washington Post reported that someone was supposed to win this contest, but no one did ...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trumps-fundraising-tactics-face-difficult-questions-rcna19888

[struggle4progress]

47. Melania Trump event called off

Florida regulators found that a company working on the charitable event had not registered properly. The former first lady’s office said it would be rescheduled.

By Eric Lipton
March 3, 2022

WASHINGTON — A Florida fund-raiser planned for April that was to feature Melania Trump has been called off after state regulators there concluded that the company working with the former first lady to organize the charitable event had not properly registered to solicit contributions.

Mrs. Trump had announced in late January plans for what she called “Tulips & Topiaries,” a gathering at an undisclosed location in Naples, Fla., that would feature an “elaborate flower garden with tulips” and “delicious hors d’oeuvres alongside tea and bubbles.” Tickets were put on sale for as much as $50,000 for a VIP table, with the money, she said, slated to provide scholarships to children emerging from foster care.

But Whip Fundraising, a consulting firm that helped organize the event, only registered as required by the state in recent days, after Florida officials began investigating the matter. Florida requires certain organizations that ask for charitable donations among Florida residents to first file with the state and then report how the money will be spent ...

[WarGamer]

48. I believe they're candidate endorsement rallies, right?

[struggle4progress]

49. Fundraising email after plane forced to make emergency landing

Cheryl Teh and Oma Seddiq
Mar 9, 2022, 9:31 PM

Former President Donald Trump's Save America political action committee sent a fundraising email about a new "Trump Force One" airplane after a private jet he was traveling in was forced to make an emergency landing this weekend.

The email sent on Wednesday titled "Update: Trump Force One" touted the reveal of a new Trump plane.

Trump's PAC sent the message just hours after news broke that a plane Trump was traveling in was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans shortly after takeoff on Saturday after one of its engines failed ...

"Before becoming the greatest President of all time, I traveled the Country in my plane, known as Trump Force One," read the email signed by Trump, referencing the former president's private plane that he used on the 2016 campaign trail ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-fundraises-trump-force-one-after-plane-makes-emergency-landing-2022-3

[PufPuf23]

50. There was a rally of some substance this weekend at Keiser, OR,

near the state capital Salem. I find just how many and the continuation of the phoney narrative troubling.

Thousands gather in Keizer for Reawaken America rally, protests
Whitney Woodworth Salem Statesman Journal


Thousands of people filled standing-room-only tents at the Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer Friday and Saturday to hear from election and COVID-19 conspiracy theorists, Christian leaders and prominent figures pardoned by former President Donald Trump.

The sold-out Reawaken America Tour rally drew about 4,000 attendees. Among the top-billed speakers were Trump's son Eric Trump and former national security advisor Michael Flynn. Flynn pleaded guilty to a felony for making false statements to the FBI about an investigation into communications with Russia. Trump later pardoned him.

About 50 counterprotesters held a peaceful demonstration outside Friday and Saturday, many focused on support of Native American communities.

Saturday morning, cars lined the streets to get into the event. The rally will continue until 5 p.m. Saturday.

more and video at: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2022/04/01/reawaken-america-rally-expected-protests-prompt-oregon-store-closures-proud-boys-donald-trump-covid/65347626007/

[struggle4progress]

51. Relentless spam emails

Even though I never gave the man a dime nor voted for him, I’ve been the recipient of a never-ending barrage of pleas for donations that increasingly have taken on a threatening tone.
By Michael Sneed Mar 25, 2022, 1:58pm EDT

... at 11:18 a.m. last Wednesday a message dispatched from DonaldJTrump.com asked me to verify “that we’ve spelled YOUR NAME correctly. We want to add YOUR NAME to the Trump Donor Wall ...

A few hours later, at 5:17 p.m., I received a missive to submit an answer to a“live” Trump poll: “Would you vote for President Trump a Third Time?” ...

... at 7:18 p.m., the excitement crescendoed upon receipt of “a CONFIDENTIAL Trump Memo” asking if I “could keep a secret and not share a TOP SECRET LOCATION ...

Gag ... a … MAGA! ...

[Initech]

52. It's his only means of communication right now.

He's been banned from all the major platforms and his own social media platform is a colossal failure. So this is really all he's got left.

[11 Bravo]

53. Because he's an insecure and desperately needy little man.

Tepid applause from an increasingly shrinking audience of cousin-humping goobers is his raison d'etre.

[bif]

54. Ego tripping

[IcyPeas]

55. also he knows they will be televised.... or tweeted or whatever form of media and he loves that

[hatrack]

56. To feed the Screaming Need-Void (not that it will work) . .

Oh, and some new grifting opportunities, of course.

[Retrograde]

57. His ego needs a live audience

He has to have people around to make him feel he's worth something - he can't fade away quietly, or even do something productive, like Carter or Obama. So he has to get his most rabid fans to gather and sing his praises.

Also, the money he takes off the top.