Trump’s cash isn’t from the masses but the billionaire boys club

Donald Trump was happy to announce a massive $53 million fundraising haul just one day after he was convicted of 34 felonies. It was a shockingly high number, especially considering that Trump only raised $4 million the day after his arraignment last summer. And for that, he even sold pieces of his suit.

Now that the fundraising totals for May are out, it appears that Trump has absolutely crushed President Joe Biden’s campaign, raising an astounding $141 million. That’s $60 million more than the Democratic team—and Biden had a good month. Trump has been tapping his small donor base continually since he decided to turn his time in the White House into a never-ending campaign. 

So how did Trump go back to that stone and squeeze out so much water? The answer is: He didn’t. 

Of Trump’s funding, $50 million came from a single check from wealthy banking family scion Tim Mellon. Trump is being bankrolled by a billionaire boys' club—a group of immorally wealthy men sitting on a mountain of cash, who see his candidacy as their best chance to end democracy and bring in an era of neo-feudal plutocracy.