The Trump 2020 campaign’s financial health is in question after it has been significantly outspent by the Biden campaign in swing states. The President has often said that he will funnel millions of his own money into his campaign if necessary, but Chris Cillizza explains why that‘s a stretch.

SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Analysis: Don't believe Donald Trump's pledges to pay for his 2020 campaign
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/donald-trump-2020-campaign-funding/index.html

Trump Weighs Putting Up to $100 Million of His Cash Into Race
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-08/trump-weighs-putting-up-to-100-million-of-his-cash-into-race

Trump’s Net Worth drops $1 Billion
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/04/02/trumps-net-worth-drops-1-billion-as-coronavirus-infects-the-presidents-business/#13a1b2c727de

Trump Spent Far Less Than Clinton, but Paid His Companies Well
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/us/politics/campaign-spending-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html

Donald Trump’s two big problems: Uniting the party and raising cash
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trumps-two-big-problems-uniting-the-party-and-raising-cash

Figures show Trump spent $66 million of his own cash on election campaign
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/figures-show-trump-spent-66-million-of-his-own-cash-on-election-campaign-idUSKBN13Y0AE

Donald Trump to forgive his loan to campaign
https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/politics/donald-trump-forgiving-loans/index.html

The Lie of Trump's 'Self-Funding' Campaign
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/trumps-self-funding-lie/482691/

"I'm self-funding my own campaign."
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-self-funding-his-campaign-sort/

How Trump’s Billion-Dollar campaign Lost It’s Cash Advantage
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/politics/trump-election-campaign-fundraising.html

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