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.

  • @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.