Trump Raised Record $6.5 Million in Weeks After Winning Election
- Campaign is still soliciting donations via text message
- Trump sold Christmas ornaments, merchandise with slogans
Trump Says He Spent Less Than Democrats and Won
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President Donald Trump’s campaign finished last year with $16.1 million in the bank after pulling in a record $6.5 million after he’d already won, Federal Election Commission filings show.
Trump is still actively soliciting donations via the campaign’s website and targeted text messages during a time when most new administrations pause fundraising and shift to governing. In the final 33 days of the year, Trump’s campaign hawked Christmas ornaments emblazoned with his campaign slogan, as well as other merchandise commemorating his December thank-you tour and January inauguration.