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Donald Trump's Failure To Launch

Can Trump's campaign get off the ground before time runs out?

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I should probably be writing this week’s edition on Brexit since it was easily the biggest event of last week, and may turn out to be a historically defining moment for one of the world’s most influential regions. But given that I don’t yet understand the situation well enough to write to you all about it, I decided not to bloviate on things I’m not educated on. You’re all welcome. Instead, here I am writing about everyone’s favorite topic: the failings of Donald Trump.

Instead of focusing on Donald’s personal failings, which would be as easy as those failings are plentiful, I’m going to talk about the week his campaign has had. It’s been a mighty long one.

We started the week off on Monday morning with a report from the New York Times on how much money the Trump campaign has or, to be more accurate, how much money the campaign doesn’t have. The Times report looked at the recently filed Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings from the month of June. According to the article, Secretary Clinton’s campaign started the month with around $42 million dollars, after raising $28 million in May alone. Mr. Trump’s campaign started the month with a mere $1.3 million dollars.

Trump and his campaign of around 70 workers, compared to Secretary Clinton’s 700, have a major uphill battle ahead of them if they plan on winning the White House. The Trump campaign will be relying heavily on the Republican National Committee for fundraising and organizing, which would be fine if he was combining his own fundraising and organizing with theirs. But, he isn’t. And that’s not a good thing. He’ll be relying heavily on people who aren’t his biggest fans, so maybe Mr. Trump will be facing an existential issue. He will either need to figure out a way to stop pissing people off so that they’ll donate to him, or he’ll need to align closer to the party so they’re more comfortable supporting the full extent of his campaign.

After the FEC filings came out, Monday had more news regarding the Trump campaign. Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager through the primary process, was relieved of his duties. Trump supported Lewandowski in March after assault charges came from Mr. Lewandowski’s contact with a reporter. But it seems that Mr. Trump couldn’t stand up for his friend any more.

Many of Trump’s allies, including his children, counseled him to fire his campaign manager, and he finally did. This is the first sign of Mr. Trump doing something he didn’t want to do, so maybe it’s a step in the right direction. Or, maybe he’s just recognizing that Trump town isn’t big enough for two toxic characters.

Finally, to round out the Trump campaign’s pretty terrible week Sunday saw the release of the new ABC News/ Washington Post poll. The poll shows a spike in dissatisfaction with Mr. Trump, and measures Secretary Clinton with a 12-point lead, 51-39. This could possibly be the worst news for Mr. Trump, who showed great confidence in the trustworthiness of polls during his primary campaign. Though I would imagine that he will condemn these polls and the liberal media, since they don’t show him winning.

In summation of all this, I feel confident in saying this is one of the worse weeks the Trump campaign has had. Maybe the worst, thus far. Mr. Trump is down, but he is very far from out. It’s almost July, but we don’t vote until November. We’ve got a long campaign in front of us. And I hope Trump is crushed just as much as the next guy, but as my dad told me the other day, never underestimate someone who thinks unconventionally.

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