Trump has a long history of failing to pay cities for rally fees that are not paid in advance.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18634498

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.

  • worldwidewave
    111•3 months ago

    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.

    Who’s not able to fill an arena now?

    • @EmpathicVagrant
      54•3 months ago

      Smaller venues look more full and televised it’s easy to lie about crowd size. Folks pointed out empty seats at a prior rally so I’m sure that’s why the decision was made.

      • @Passerby6497English
        30•3 months ago

        Now we can make fun of him for picking an arena 1/3 the size and point out even he knows his numbers are bunk. Bonus points of we still get empty seats.

        • @Vanderdeckenscopilot
          10•3 months ago

          Alot of the locals signed up for the free tickets with no intention of actually going.

          Plus it’s a Thursday afternoon. Most of his cult members are at one of their jobs.

      • MushuChupacabra
        4•3 months ago

        It’s similar to when a guy shaves his pubes, hoping to make his dick appear bigger.