President Donald Trump got in on the Valentine’s Day festivities Saturday by sending a “love letter” to his supporters, one that saw the president beg for both their love and financial contributions to his political action committee, Never Surrender, Inc.
“I sent you a LOVE LETTER but I haven’t heard back,” reads a Saturday email from Trump’s team, part of a fundraising machine that has raked in hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.
“It’s Valentine’s Day! I love you, and I was pretty sure you loved me back! Is everything okay? Roses are red, violets are blue. Do you still love Trump, as I love you? Before you read my letter – do you still love me and our great movement?”
The fundraising email is one of thousands sent by Trump over the years to his supporters, many of which include odd or threatening language, such as a recent fundraising email in which donors were warned that they may be tracked down by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement unless they respond to a survey, a survey that directed supporters to a request for contributions.
Other Trump fundraising emails have been described as “creepy,” such as an email from last month in which Trump was described as sitting “alone and in the dark,” along with the usual request for contributions to Trump’s political action committee.
Historically, Trump’s fundraising email campaign has also misled supporters, sometimes suggesting contributions would be used for one purpose, only to be used for another.
“Small donors who give to Trump thinking they are financing an ‘official election defense fund’ are in fact helping pay down the Trump campaign’s debt or funding his post-presidential political operation,” said Brendan Fischer with the Campaign Legal Center, speaking with the Washington Post shortly after Trump’s loss in the 2020 election.
“The average donor who gives in response to Trump’s appeal for funds to ‘stop the fraud’ likely doesn’t realize that their money is actually retiring Trump’s debt or funding his leadership PAC.”
