It’s the grift that keeps on giving.
A shameless surge of fundraising email appeals from Team Trump, up to a dozen per day, immediately followed the FBI raid on the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago home — with ex-President Trump turning the probe into profit courtesy of his outraged supporters.
“The Mar-A-Lago raid was illegal and unconstitutional,” declared a recent and typical Trump email appeal for donations. “… This won’t be an easy battle, my friend. Please contribute ANY AMOUNT IMMEDIATELY to become an official Trump Defender.”
If that title doesn’t get you pumped for Trump, additional options await lucky donors to his Save America PAC: A membership in The Official Trump Day One Club. Or the “prestigious” Trump Alliance Club. Or even the MAGA Millions Club, all just a check away.
The first fundraising pitch went out less than two hours after word of the investigation broke on Aug. 8, and the results were instantaneous: More than $1 million was donated on two separate days shortly after the FBI search, The Washington Post reported.
And on it goes: In a five-hour stretch one day last week, seven emails seeking donations for Trump were sent out in short order. The day’s first missive went out hours earlier at 10:30 a.m.
The one-time Manhattan real estate mogul’s office did not return a request for comment on his supporters’ recent infusion of cash or its constant emailed calls for donations.
The unsolicited appeals arrive with ALL CAPS come-ons and assert the investigation inside his Florida home was illegal. Even Trump’s newsy emails promoting public appearances arrive with a red bar across the bottom where a quick click leads to another appeal for money.
The endless fundraising remains a family affair. In addition to Trump himself, his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner are begging for bucks. Ditto sons Eric and Donald Jr., along with the latter’s fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Trump even offered a plug for Kushner’s recent book, described as a “MUST-READ” — with a signed copy of “Breaking History: A White House Memoir” available with a $75 donation.
For Trump backers on a budget, $45 donors can become official “2022 Trump Cardholders.” This deal is so good, read the e-mailed invite, that Trump will “be shocked if you don’t join the ranks of this exclusive group.”
Another appeal came with a GIF of the 45th president dancing in an endless loop. The ex-president is even peddling an autographed picture of … himself, of course.
“I asked my team to make a list of my GREATEST supporters so I could send them a signed photo with their very own personalized message from yours truly,” read one late-evening come-on. “Of course, YOU were at the VERY TOP of that list, Friend.”
And of course, those friends were asked to give $75 or more to qualify.
One particularly odd offer hyped the “brand-new Official Donald J. Trump Fine Point Markers,” available with any contribution of $18 or more.
The email pitch came with a mixed message from Trump: First, “These remind me of the pens I used in the White House.” And then, “I want you to have an authentic set.”
Of the pens that reminded him of the pens he used in the Oval Office.
