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Trump Is Everywhere

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 190: Trump Is Everywhere

Trump’s Secret Power Protection Plan

March 10, 2025 · 9:31 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Anyone who thinks President Trump’s mesmerizing hold over the GOP will slip if his poll numbers slide is missing one of his biggest innovations in American politics,” Axios reports.

“The creation of a cash-flush political operation that has raked in around a half-billion dollars — about the same amount the GOP’s House and Senate campaign arms spent during the entirety of the last midterm campaign.”

“It’s unheard of for a president not running for reelection to raise that kind of money. But the cash is just one piece of a bigger power play that’s arguably the most powerful, well-funded political apparatus ever.”

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