Donald Trump is leaving down-ticket Republicans to fend for themselves and re-configuring his fundraising goals after hosting only two events in May. According to Trump, although nominees are expected to help support House, Senate, and gubernatorial races, he’ll just focus on what’s most important to Donald Trump: Donald Trump.
Instead of raising money toward the $1 billion target that he initially put forward, Trump told Bloomberg that he’ll rely on what’s gotten him this far: reality television celebrity, and wall-to-wall news coverage.
“There’s no reason to raise [one billion],” Trump said to reporters. “I just don’t think I need nearly as much money as other people need because I get so much publicity. I get so many invitations to be on television. I get so many interviews, if I want them.”
But without a friendly House and Senate, President Donald Trump may find himself without a lot to do, and Democrats, who are just as lukewarm as Republicans on their nominee, are picking down-ticket races as their battlefields. Hillary Clinton, who is still waiting for her primary opponent to concede defeat, has pledged to raise $2 billion for herself and for the Democratic Party.
Trump’s solution? He’s going to focus on attacking Hillary Clinton, and he’ll start with a “major speech” as early as next week, ripping into the Democratic nominee for her email scandal, her handling of Benghazi, and perhaps just her all-around winning personality.
And, in true Trump style, he’ll do it on a battlefield of his own making. Literally.
According to Bloomberg, Trump wants to deliver the address on the Trump National Golf Course, which has views of the Potomac and a memorial to a Civil War battle that never happened — except in Trump’s mind. That’s right, The Donald built a fake Civil War memorial commemorating a fake battle to glorify… his golf course. The monument lies between the 14th and 15th hole, and is declared The River of Blood.
Again, history says this battle never actually happened.
“Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot,” the inscription reads. “The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as ‘The River of Blood.'”
The inscription, beneath his family crest and above Mr. Trump’s full name, concludes: “It is my great honor to have preserved this important section of the Potomac River!”
Like many of Mr. Trump’s claims, the inscription was evidently not fact-checked.
When asked by the New York Times if he believed Civil War historians who said that no battle had taken place in his water hazard, Trump answered in true Trump fashion: “How would they know that? Were they here?”
