Is Trump spending $0 on ads because he knows he won't get the nomination?

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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/fir...m-battleground-ads-june-trump-spent-0-n600611

The link doesn't contain any speculation like my title, but it got me thinking: is Donald acting the way he is because he knows he won't make it past the convention? Part of the theory is that that he wants out so he can get back to his business exploits, and wants to do that before or at the convention, when he can blame the GOP for ousting him unfairly (saving his pride). Certainly, a little self-serving self-sabotage (such as spending no money on your ad campaign) would help things along.

What do you think?
 
I personally think it's because his every tweet is considered front page news, his speeches are carried live even when there is no new information, media decried his Scotland infomercial for his golf course but it was replayed over and over. I've seen estimates of anywhere from $55 million to nearly a billion in free advertising he's gotten simply by saturation TV coverage. So why pay for what you can get free?

Not to mention his campaign treasury is pretty low according to FEC filing.
 
Personally, I think he wants to win the election, but I don't think he wants to do the job of President. If he wins, hopefully he puts a good team around him, because I just don't think he has the desire to do the job. I mean you don't even see him doing many in person interviews with the media anymore. I have a source (seriously I do) that he prefers to do interviews by phone in his bedroom while in his underwear. So, have that image next time you seem him interviewed by phone.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/fir...m-battleground-ads-june-trump-spent-0-n600611

The link doesn't contain any speculation like my title, but it got me thinking: is Donald acting the way he is because he knows he won't make it past the convention? Part of the theory is that that he wants out so he can get back to his business exploits, and wants to do that before or at the convention, when he can blame the GOP for ousting him unfairly (saving his pride). Certainly, a little self-serving self-sabotage (such as spending no money on your ad campaign) would help things along.

What do you think?
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I think his campaign started out as a joke even to him and it took off like it had a motor. I don't think he ever actually wanted the job and its just as unexpected to him as it is to us. There is no other way for him to get out, he can't quit. This is the only way I can see for him to save face. He has to find a way to place blame elsewhere because of his gigantic ego.

Trump is like Brexit to me... people are just voting against the status quo without thinking about how much worse it could get if they don't do the research.
 
I think he's running a very different kind and f campaign. It's a big part of his appeal to be contrary to popular belief.

He's getting all the free airtime he wants. His social media use is successful so far.

Why change what is working?

Contrary to what's been done the past 16 years? No more drone bombing of civilian population of our allies, foreign intervention, running up the debt. But also opposite of embracing Islam, crackdown on undocumented immigrants, and political correctness in general.
 
Wow - just learned his campaign sent fund appeals to political parties in Scotland and Iceland. Direct violation of US law.
 
Denny Crane said:
I think he's running a very different kind and f campaign. It's a big part of his appeal to be contrary to popular belief.

He's getting all the free airtime he wants. His social media use is successful so far.

Why change what is working?
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It isn't working. What worked for Republicans isn't working for the rest of us. If you believe the polls.

barfo
 
Sedatedfork said:
I have a source (seriously I do) that he prefers to do interviews by phone in his bedroom while in his underwear. So, have that image next time you seem him interviewed by phone.
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Now that sounds like a presidential candidate you could have a beer with!
 
barfo said:
It isn't working. What worked for Republicans isn't working for the rest of us. If you believe the polls.

barfo
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Dollars per vote, he's killing it.

It's far from over.
 
crandc said:
Wow - just learned his campaign sent fund appeals to political parties in Scotland and Iceland. Direct violation of US law.
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Yeah, you need a foundation to take those dollars.
 
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Donald Trump’s campaign aides are lining up a slate of iconic sports figures to appear at the national convention in Cleveland next month—including former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, former Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight and NASCAR chief Brian France, people familiar with the planning told Bloomberg Politics.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...aign-lining-up-tyson-and-ditka-for-convention
 
It would be fantastic if there were zero political ads... For any party. Get that bullshit off my tv, and bring back trunk monkey commercials instead!
 
I'm voting for Trump, but those fucking idiots on facebook are seriously retarded, pretty much anyone comparing/contrasting Hitler to Trump is looney conversely anyone saying the Holocaust is a hoax, is even more mental.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Donald Trump’s campaign aides are lining up a slate of iconic sports figures to appear at the national convention in Cleveland next month—including former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, former Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight and NASCAR chief Brian France, people familiar with the planning told Bloomberg Politics.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...aign-lining-up-tyson-and-ditka-for-convention
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A veritable who's who of the 1980s. And a NASCAR guy.

Trump still knows how to wow 'em. Maybe he can score Don Mattingly too.
 
barfo said:
And a good thing too. This is top quality entertainment the USA is serving up.

barfo
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Recent polls seem to show Hiliar is pulling away. Perhaps. But here's the latest poll, taken after the recent terrorist attacks.

http://www.qu.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2363

June 29, 2016 - Hate Winning, As Clinton-Trump Race Too Close To Call, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Neither Candidate Would Be Good President, Voters Say

Democrat Hillary Clinton has 42 percent to Republican Donald Trump's 40 percent - too close to call - as American voters say neither candidate would be a good president and that the campaign has increased hatred and prejudice in the nation, according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released today.

This compares to results of a June 1 national poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN- uh-pe-ack) University, showing Clinton edging Trump 45 - 41 percent.

When third party candidates are added to today's survey, Clinton gets 39 percent with Trump at 37 percent. Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson gets 8 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein gets 4 percent.

(In this poll, Trump is actually outperforming Romney with Hispanics)
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
It would be fantastic if there were zero political ads... For any party. Get that bullshit off my tv, and bring back trunk monkey commercials instead!
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You could combine the two. Put Trump and Clinton in the front seat of a big American-built SUV fighting for control of the wheel. Turn the trunk monkey loose and whichever one survives the beat down gets elected. My theory is the monkey would blow the thing up and Bernie would breeze through the wreckage in an electric Prius.
 
e_blazer said:
You could combine the two. Put Trump and Clinton in the front seat of a big American-built SUV fighting for control of the wheel. Turn the trunk monkey loose and whichever one survives the beat down gets elected. My theory is the monkey would blow the thing up and Bernie would breeze through the wreckage in an electric Prius.
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How about just driving the SUV off a cliff and saving everyone some serious pain?
 
Denny Crane said:
How about just driving the SUV off a cliff and saving everyone some serious pain?
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I like the cinematic elegance of the commercial. The closing shot would be Bernie high-fiving the monkey. I'd go with the Libertarian guy, but nobody knows who he is.
 
e_blazer said:
You could combine the two. Put Trump and Clinton in the front seat of a big American-built SUV fighting for control of the wheel. Turn the trunk monkey loose and whichever one survives the beat down gets elected. My theory is the monkey would blow the thing up and Bernie would breeze through the wreckage in an electric Prius.
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I kind of want to vote for Jon Snow.
 
Ha! It's funny when you think of it, the difference between most of the posts on this board and myself where Trump and Hillary is concerned. When out and about, I don't even talk to people that are not supporting Trump! No, I am not
making the selection, perhaps they are, but I don't think so. I just don't find anyone supporting Hillary. I find a hell of a lot of people wanting to tell someone they want Trump! Even some young Hispanic guys working down on the dock.
This board and TV doesn't seem to reflect the world I live in everyday. Entirely different then when Romney was running where nobody was enthusiastic.

I have my boat is the shipyard in Winchester bay right now, and eating every evening in one place or another. Last evening, Hillary was on the news, commenting on the Benghazi report. I looked around the room, heads were shaking, frowns on faces. One guy leaning on the bar, mumbles, no way I want her!

Why is this board and the TV so different than the real world? Yes, it was the same with the people I met here and there travelling up the Columbia to Portland. Trump supporters way more than Hillary.
 
MarAzul said:
Ha! It's funny when you think of it, the difference between most of the posts on this board and myself where Trump and Hillary is concerned. When out and about, I don't even talk to people that are not supporting Trump! No, I am not
making the selection, perhaps they are, but I don't think so. I just don't find anyone supporting Hillary. I find a hell of a lot of people wanting to tell someone they want Trump! Even some young Hispanic guys working down on the dock.
This board and TV doesn't seem to reflect the world I live in everyday. Entirely different then when Romney was running where nobody was enthusiastic.

I have my boat is the shipyard in Winchester bay right now, and eating every evening in one place or another. Last evening, Hillary was on the news, commenting on the Benghazi report. I looked around the room, heads were shaking, frowns on faces. One guy leaning on the bar, mumbles, no way I want her!

Why is this board and the TV so different than the real world? Yes, it was the same with the people I met here and there travelling up the Columbia to Portland. Trump supporters way more than Hillary.
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Pretty sure you'd find the same dynamic across most relatively rural areas of America. It's the urban vote that will put Hillary in the White House. Well, unless the FBI and Justice Dept. put her in court first.
 
e_blazer said:
Pretty sure you'd find the same dynamic across most relatively rural areas of America.
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Yeah, I thought of that, but it was the same around the places I had the boat in the Portland area. I don't find Hillary supporters. Ha! Perhaps they just know not to talk to me. Could be!

Added few minuted later.

I don't think I would call the people here in Winchester Bay rural. They come from all over the West Coast, California to Alaska. So maybe you guys just reflect the urban view.
 
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I wish someone would do a poll asking people to rank Clinton, Trump, and Johnson in order of their preference for any one of them winning the election. You know--find out how many people who are primarily voting against Clinton or Trump would actually prefer to vote for Johnson if they didn't fear throwing their vote away. Yes, I know that polls including Johnson do exist, but it would really be nice to see what the polls would show if the inherent 2 party system bias were eliminated as much as possible.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I wish someone would do a poll asking people to rank Clinton, Trump, and Johnson in order of their preference for any one of them winning the election. You know--find out how many people who are primarily voting against Clinton or Trump would actually prefer to vote for Johnson if they didn't fear throwing their vote away. Yes, I know that polls including Johnson do exist, but it would really be nice to see what the polls would show if the inherent 2 party system bias were eliminated as much as possible.
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Oh, I am definitely voting against Hillary. Although Trump was my choice of the Republicans. But if you want to vote against Hillary, Johnson is only a partial vote against her, it makes no sense.
 
MarAzul said:
Oh, I am definitely voting against Hillary. Al though Trump was my choice of the Republicans. But if you want to vote against Hillary, Johnson is only a partial vote against her, it makes no sense.
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Which is exactly the anti-third-party bias I'm talking about. If you were asked not about your vote specifically, but who you'd actually like to see win, would you say you'd prefer Trump or Johnson?
 
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