Trump Passed Biden in Major Milestone

The following article, Trump Passed Biden in Major Milestone, was first published on The Black Sphere. Donald Trump sent a shot over the bow to the Biden campaign, which undoubtedly has Team Biden seriously concerned. USA Facts reports that as of May 9, 2024, Biden had raised $55 million more than former President Trump and had outspent him by over $15 million. Today, if you’re watching any television or paying attention to other media, you likely have seen the endless stream of Biden commercials. The spend is astronomical. We won’t have the numbers for this quarter for a while, but you can bet that Biden is outspending Trump by much larger margins than he did up to May 9. Contrast this with Trump’s spending strategy. Earned media. In 2016, The Street estimated Trump’s earned media to be almost $5 billion. Donald Trump didn’t spend nearly as much on advertising as typical presidential candidates, and he didn’t have to — he relied on billions of dollars of free mentions in media ranging from major TV news networks to Buzzfeed and Twitter instead. The real estate magnate got $4.96 billion in free earned media in the year leading up to the presidential...