Jaw-Dropping Sum Trump Is Demanding for a Photo Revealed
Evan Vucci / REUTERS President Donald Trump is charging a small fortune for photo opportunities.
Fans hoping to snap a picture with the 80-year-old president at a Republican National Convention event in Manhattan on Monday had better have their wallets ready, as the party raises funds ahead of the midterms in November.
The event is being held at an unspecified location in New York, with lucky attendees to the “intimate reception and photo opportunity with the president of the United States, Donald J.
Trump” told they will receive further information about the details upon RSVP.
But there’s one small road bump: that privilege will set attending couples back $150,000.
RSVPs must be submitted by Thursday, according to the invite, which Politico first obtained.
Trump has said he will go all-in on campaigning for the midterms, even promising at last week’s RNC Trump-a-Palooza event in Dallas that if the GOP wins in both the House and the Senate, he will give very American $5,000.
The scheme has been projected to cost $1.3 trillion.
Republicans have claimed that it could be funded by revenue from Trump’s far-reaching and highly controversial tariff scheme.
Critics are more dubious that it will earn anywhere near enough.
It’s not the only eyebrow-raising campaign move Trump has been making.
His Leadership PAC, Never Surrender, Inc., has been sending desperate emails to subscribers ahead of the midterms, according to messages obtained by the Archive of Political Emails.
“You have stuck with me through it all, that’s why I’m choosing you to take my official Trump poll,” says one.
“STAND WITH TRUMP.
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