Donald Trump’s crusade spent more than $35,000 on fast food and restaurants in May, with the bulk of the transactions taking place at McDonald’s, new monetary disclosures show.
According to information provided by Donald J. Trump for President 2024 – the official campaign intended to support the reelection bid of the presumptive Republican presidential candidate – the campaign spent more than $36,780 in 113 transactions at chains such as Chick Fil-A, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. Training
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s official crusade, Biden For President, spent more than $32,100 on food and beverages in 17 transactions in June. Their crusade favored independent steakhouses and fried fish restaurants, Asadero, Tonic Seafood and Steak and Dragon Pit, over fast-food chains.
The monthly reports were delivered through the Federal Electoral Commission (FEC).
Newsweek couldn’t tell who the catering service was for or how many people.
Revelations show Trump spent more than $4,700 at McDonald’s, the largest. Beneficiary. McDonald’s said in May that the average price of a Big Mac meal with a sandwich, fries and a drink was $9. 29, so Trump’s crusader could have purchased more than 500 meals with that money.
Trump’s operation also spent more than $3,900 on Jimmy John’s, a sandwich chain, and $3,140 on Chick Fil-A. The organization spent more than $1,700 on Wendy’s and $1,500 on Dunkin Donuts a month.
They also frequented Uber Eats, Starbucks, KFC and local restaurants.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump and Biden campaigns’ emails, as well as the corporations subpoenaed for comment.
The spending came a month when Trump was in New York fighting his hush money case. He was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records similar to a hush cash payment allegedly made to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. Trump has denied any reprehensible wrongdoing and has said the affair was politically motivated.
When he was absent from the courtroom one day a week, he held rallies in several states, including Wisconsin and Michigan.
Trump’s nutrition has been the subject of much scrutiny.
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski wrote in the e-book “Let Trump Be Trump” that the former president would fast for 14 to 16 hours, then eat two Big Macs, two fish fillet sandwiches and a small chocolate milkshake. McDonald’s.
Meanwhile, a 2017 New York Times report indicated that the Republican drinks 12 cans of Diet Coke a day.
In total, Trump’s crusade spent about $7. 9 million in the reporting era on a diversity of services, adding payroll, travel, lodging and legal services staff, and earned more than $75 million in donations. He started the era with $49 million in money and ended the era with nearly $117 million.
By comparison, the crusade spent more than $4,280 on catering in the month of April.
Biden’s campaign raised about $38 million and spent about $31 million total during that period.
Trump and Biden’s campaigns are likely to become more accentuated as they prepare to face off at the polls. The presidential elections will take place on November 5.
Updated 7/24/24 at 10:18 a. m. with Big Mac Food Value
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