Donors Demand Autopsy of Clinton Campaign

[HoneyBadger]

34. Going to be a traditional campaign in 2020

Trump went into this a 100:1 outlier at every stage. Every day, he went out, said screw the leaders of every party, screw the media (Megyn!), screw the big money. No endorsements. No surrogates. Never ran for dog catcher. Fired and rebuilt his campaign staff how many times over? Campaign staff had so many no names that when he actually hired a guy that had worked on a Republican Presidential campaign prior, it was newsworthy. The GOP (Ryan) abandoned him.

All because he had nothing built.

2020, it would appear that he could go into it with campaign experience, a vetted machine, surrogates including "First Lady" Ivanka, the RNC in his pocket, several hundred million in campaign funding banked (he probably has $66m+ left and seems to be monetizing everything he does), 5 years of never ending campaign rallies, incumbent, elected Republicans that owe him, big money donors (seen his appointees?) behind him, you get the idea. He will have a harder time tapping his businesses for funding. 2020's campaign will have nothing to do with 2016. He will set a spending record using other people's money. Assuming otherwise will be a mistake.