The Trump campaign announced Wednesday that it had raised $130 million in August, leaving it just shy of $300 million total cash on hand as the presidential race enters its final months.
About 98% of the donations were less than $200, with an average gift of $56, the Trump campaign said. The August total was about $8 million less than the $138.7 fundraising total for July, when the former president was nearly assassinated. Trump’s campaign now says it has $295 million cash on hand, a decline from the $327 million at the beginning of August.
“With Republicans united and a growing number of Independents and disaffected Democrats crossing partisan lines, the Trump-Vance campaign has momentum for the final stretch of the race,” senior Trump campaign adviser Brian Hughes said. “These fundraising numbers from August are a reflection of that movement and will propel President Trump’s America First movement back to the White House so we can undo the terrible failures of Harris…