Trump Campaign Forced to Pay North Carolina City $82k in Advance for Rally

[sheshe2]

Bottom line here, he picked the smaller of the two venues because he is broke and he KNOWS HE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FILL THE LARGER ARENA.

Trump is set to take the stage at Asheville's Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Wednesday after paying $82,247.60 to the city for a "last-minute" rally, according to Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR). The campaign, struggling to effectively blunt the momentum of Vice President Kamala Harris, reportedly first contacted the city about the rally on August 8.

City of Asheville spokesperson Kim Miller told BPR that $22,500 of the amount paid is a two-day rental fee for the auditorium, while "the remainder of the funds go to cover additional costs such as house support, production staff, production equipment rental, and exterior items like queue stanchions and port-a-loos."

While the campaign paid in advance due to Asheville's policy for short-notice bookings, Trump has a long history of failing to pay cities for billed rally fees, leaving the White House in January 2021 with at least $850,000 in unpaid rally debt. Most of the bills are still unpaid, including more than $500,000 owed to the city of El Paso, Texas.

Newsweek reached out for comment to the Trump campaign via email on Tuesday.

The Trump campaign booked the smaller of two venues at the same complex in downtown Asheville for Wednesday's rally. The Thomas Wolfe Auditorium has a capacity of just 2,431 people, while a larger arena next door that is not hosting Trump has a capacity of 7,200.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. One might suggest that the Leader of the Grand Ole Party

Lacks Leadership Skills, money management acumen and management and organizational savvy. I find this a conundrum because I was led to believe that HE surrounded himself with only the best people. Maybe I misunderstood. Has he ever said Best at WHAT? Or, is it possible that I have been lied to by the leader of the political party I have never been a member of.

Apologies to English Teachers everywhere.

[3Hotdogs]

7. He's as bad as Jesus. Jesus is always broke and always needs money.

[AZ8theist]

8. Are you suggesting the awesome business man is something other than the greatest ever???

Cuz if you are I CAN PROVE you wrong!!

Just look at:

Trump Airlines
Trump steaks
Trump water
Trump University
Trump Magazine
Trump casino (s)
Trump Vodka
Trump Mortgage
Trump Ice
Tour de Trump
Trump Network
Trumps NJ Generals

You just wait!! He's going to do to America what he's done with ALL HIS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS'!!!!!!!!!!!

[Think. Again.]

2. He finally has to pay a bill!!!

[gab13by13]

3. He will still get 10,000 inside

And turn away 20,000 outside, in his mind.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. In His Mind...

...we'd have to add a zero to both of your numbers.
The his ghost writer will take the extra zero back out.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Ha Ha! Kamala should book BOTH the auditoriums!

Have Tim in smaller one and she could do the bigger one and at the end, switch and go see each other's crowds.

I fully realize they might not be able to do the switch thing, but they could do some live video.

It would be awesome and Trump would LOSE HIS SHIT.

[sheshe2]

6. Bwahahahahaha

I love that idea! 😆

[malaise]

16. You win the thread

😂😂😂

[ecstatic]

9. why would he schedule a last minute rally

He knows the Secret Service is stretched, and it'll take a while to gather up fake/paid attendees. That place will be empty. lol! I'm glad Asheville got their money up front!

[sheshe2]

10. He's scared.

He is not mentally or physically capable of taking on a dynamic figure like Harris. His 'there' is not there anymore.

Fact is, the man is running for his life. He knows he is screwed six was to Sunday if he loses this race, it will be over .

[ecstatic]

11. I love your signature!!

[sheshe2]

12. Thank you, ecstatic.🤗

She is going to be ours. I feel it in my bones. We are going to have to fight like hell to get her there, but damn it we will.

Madam President.

[mucholderthandirt]

14. Another assassination try? Of opportunity to fake one? My guess, he's losing NC. We may go BLUE!

[lees1975]

13. I'm kind of scratching my head over this one. If you want to win in North Carolina,

and get votes, why wouldn't you hold a rally in Charlotte or Raleigh, or Winston-Salem. That's where the bulk of the population is located.

[yardwork]

15. Makes no sense.

Asheville is hostile territory for Trump. Sure, he's got true believers in the surrounding communities, but the population is relatively sparse.

The volume of Trump's voters are in eastern NC. When I opened this OP I was expecting to hear it was Wilmington.

This makes no sense. Even if he's hoping to draw people from TN and SC for this event - and MAGATs there don't really want to go to Asheville - he's already got those states.

If this is an effort to help Mark Robinson, again, the location makes no sense.

Edit: I thought of something. The Obamas love Asheville. They visit there often, from the time he was president and after. If Donnie's campaign is based on going to all the places Obama went, his campaign is in deep trouble.

[oasis]

17. I am so loving this!!!

[Initech]

18. I'm personally loving watching Trump swirl the drain!

[dsc]

19. That really is a high price

I was on the board of a choral group that occasionally would rent places such as that or at least look into doing so. Downtown Raleigh has a hall that holds just about 100 fewer people that on a Wednesday goes for about 10k a day all inclusive for a non ticketed event.

[Tbone421]

20. If you look a the photos of the assasination "venue" what in the world was he doing there...?

I think he cant afford to spend any money. His legal situation has his hands tied.

That place where he got his ear blown off looked like a place they got to use for free.

[republianmushroom]

21. These community are wising up.

[hawkeye21]

22. It's about time they demand the money upfront because

Everybody knows Trump doesn't pay his bills. And he gets away with it. Do you think you, or me, could owe a city tens of thousands of dollars for years and avoid any consequences . . .