Want Donald Trump’s 'Ultra MAGA experience'? It will cost you big bucks

With only weeks away from the US presidential election, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are in the final push that could mean either a victory or a defeat on the long road to the White House.

Former US President and current Republican candidate Donald Trump has been focusing his efforts on his hometown of New York City, with CBS news reporting a massive rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, October 27.

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Newsweek highlights that focusing on New York City is an odd move for the Republican campaign this close of Election Day, given that the Big Apple is a well-known stronghold for the Democratic Party.

According to the polling done by the website FiveThirtyEight, by October 14 Kamala Harris held a 14-point advantage over Trump in New York, not exactly a close call.

However, one reason could be that Donald Trump’s priorities are elsewhere, closer to the piggy bank than the ballot box.

Between campaign rallies and fundraising events, The New York Times reporter Tim Schleifer noticed that the Trump campaign was also advertising an evening with Donald Trump and Republican VP candidate JD Vance with inflated prices.

Prices to spend what Newsweek define as a “special evening” with the New York mogul and the author of 'Hillbilly Elegy' goes from the low, low price of 5,000 US dollars up to the ‘Ultra MAGA Experience’, which costs "only" 924,000 US dollars.

“What will Trump be [doing] the final ten days of the campaign? Fundraising. This speaks to Trump's money issues—both he and Vance are spending precious time in New York on Oct. 27”, The New York Times journalist Tim Schleifer writes on social media platform X.

Not only that, but people on social media were wondering exactly why Trump and the Republican Party need to ask for such steep donations so close to November 5. What do they want the money for?

After all, as The Raw Story highlights, Trump has been doing all sort of side businesses to fund his campaign, going as far as selling Bibles and sneakers.

In the end though, you might be surprised that money doesn’t pick the President. News website Politico points out that back in 2016, Trump managed to defeat Hillary Clinton with half the money collected by the Democratic Party.

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