{"id":2612421,"date":"2026-06-09T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-ex-campaign-chief-is-getting-his-hands-on-world-cup-fans-data\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:49:19","slug":"trumps-ex-campaign-chief-is-getting-his-hands-on-world-cup-fans-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-ex-campaign-chief-is-getting-his-hands-on-world-cup-fans-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s ex-campaign chief is getting his hands on World Cup fans&#8217; data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-ex-campaign-chief-is-getting-his-hands-on-world-cup-fans-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2612421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece describes how Brad Parscale-Trump\u2019s former digital strategy leader-has used AI tools and political data practices in connection with Washington, D.C.\u2019s FIFA World Cup 2026 Fan Zone on the National Mall. It alleges that Parscale\u2019s company, Campaign Nucleus, is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >collecting attendees\u2019 contact information<\/a> (emails and phone numbers) through sign-ups using World Cup watch party registration, even tho many fans may not realize their data is being handled that way. Privacy advocates and a Democratic consultant characterize the approach as \u201cdystopian\u201d and a major warning sign, noting Parscale\u2019s close ties to Trump politics and pointing out similar data-handling for other Freedom 250 events managed by the same company.<\/p>\n<p>the article then pivots to lighter \u201cTuesday\u2019s edition\u201d commentary, arguing that Trump and Joe Biden share generational and lifestyle similarities (despite sharp political divides), using an anecdote from Jill Biden\u2019s memoir as a jumping-off point. It closes with \u201clunchtime reading\u201d links to other news stories and a brief note about the Washington Secrets column and how to contact or subscribe.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Welcome to Tuesday\u2019s edition of <\/em>Washington Secrets<em>. Today we reveal how Donald Trump\u2019s top data lieutenant has secured a deal to collect data from World Cup soccer fans in Washington, D.C., and we ask whether the president has more in common with Joe Biden than he would care to admit \u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brad Parscale was the digital elections guru who helped propel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> to power in 2016 using targeted ads on Facebook.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4598870\/pollster-voters-rescue-republican-midterm-hopes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pollster identifies the voters who could rescue Republican midterm hopes \u2014 and the message that motivates them<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4596612\/white-house-report-card-confusing-week-congress\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House report card: A confusing week for Congress and the rest of us<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4594825\/jill-biden-skirts-substance-softballs-book-tour-dc\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jill Biden skirts substance for softballs as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-a-confusing-week-for-congress-and-the-rest-of-us\/\" title=\"White House report card: A confusing week for Congress and the rest of us\">birthday book tour<\/a> comes to DC<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, he has a suite of AI-powered tools that he says can sift data to identify persuadable voters and generate customized emails.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But what soccer fans in Washington, D.C., might not realize is that Parscale\u2019s company is collecting emails and phone numbers from anyone who signs up for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-cup\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-cup\/\">FIFA World Cup 2026<\/a> watch party on the National Mall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When <em>Secrets <\/em>signed up to join the official Fan Zone, a receipt and barcode arrived bearing the logo of Campaign Nucleus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is better known for its political work. It raked in almost $2 million during 2024, for the Trump campaign and assorted Republican groups, running online registration for rallies, firing out campaign emails for other candidates, and sending press releases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is enough to give privacy campaigners and Democrats sleepless nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nathan Lerner, a Democratic consultant, said soccer fans probably had no idea their data was being handled by Parscale and his company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey really just have a very dystopian approach to big data,\u201d he told <em>Secrets<\/em>. \u201cAnd I think anytime you see anyone who is that high up and that close within the Trump orbit, and their name is on something like that \u2026 I would be very, very wary.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fan Zone on the National Mall is due to open at 2 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not just the World Cup events. Campaign Nucleus is handling media and ticketing for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\">other Freedom 250 events<\/a>, the controversial program to mark the semiquincentennial that is staffed by Trump loyalists. Sign up for the Great American State Fair, for example, and ticketing emails come with the Nucleus logo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campaign Nucleus and Freedom 250 did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parscale rose to prominence in 2016 as the brains behind carefully targeted online advertisements. \u201cI pretty much used Facebook to get Trump elected in 2016,\u201d he famously said in a 2022 podcast interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His techniques involved sifting through a database of known Trump supporters and identifying common traits to find similar people online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He teamed up with Cambridge Analytica, the notorious British data-mining firm later investigated for the way it harvested data from 87 million Facebook accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victory in 2016 saw Parscale return for the 2020 campaign, and he rose to become campaign manager. At 6-foot-8, his bearded presence was easily recognizable at events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/919765\/trump-replaces-brad-parscale-as-campaign-manager-amid-reelection-staff-shake-up\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/919765\/trump-replaces-brad-parscale-as-campaign-manager-amid-reelection-staff-shake-up\/\">he was replaced<\/a> when poor attendance at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, irritated Trump, and he was moved back to a digital role. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stepped away from the campaign altogether after being detained by police at his Florida home. His wife reported that he had multiple firearms and was worried he would hurt himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, he is back at the heart of conservative politics with his digital campaigns firm and a series of lucrative deals. He was recruited last year by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4501168\/israel-funds-front-websites-push-chatgpt-promote-pro-war-messaging\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4501168\/israel-funds-front-websites-push-chatgpt-promote-pro-war-messaging\/\">Israel to run a multimillion-dollar social media campaign<\/a> designed to reshape how AI platforms depicted the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lerner said he was not surprised to see a character like Parscale working on events around the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat actually is a massive red flag, because you know FIFA has obviously done a lot to suck up to Trump and that means hiring people in his orbit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-which-president-joe-or-don\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which president? Joe or Don?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes it feels as if Trump and Joe Biden have more in common than they care to admit. Presidencies defined by their age, they are both teetotal, and their hopes and dreams have been upended by war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It turns out that men of their generation tend to fall into similar patterns. Take this line from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4594825\/jill-biden-skirts-substance-softballs-book-tour-dc\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4594825\/jill-biden-skirts-substance-softballs-book-tour-dc\/\">Jill Biden\u2019s new memoir<\/a>, \u201cView from the East Wing,\u201d describing dinner at one of the favorite fish restaurants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u201cThe waiter came back. I ordered fish and French fries. Joe ordered a hamburger, as he typically does even at seafood restaurants.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can just imagine Trump doing much the same. Or going for the steak option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, one area where they differ is in choice of soft drinks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJoe was always within arm\u2019s reach of a Coke Zero or an ice cream bar,\u201d writes Jill as she describes the top-class service they enjoyed at the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, we know, is a Diet Coke man. And he even managed to get his hands on one last night during the basketball game at Madison Square Garden, which famously has a contract that only allows Pepsi to be sold.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-lunchtime-reading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lunchtime reading<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/sports\/basketball\/spurs-knicks-wembanyama-brunson-nba-finals-dffc7788?st=W8Zm4p&#038;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/sports\/basketball\/spurs-knicks-wembanyama-brunson-nba-finals-dffc7788?st=W8Zm4p&#038;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\"><strong>President Trump crashes the Knicks party\u2014and San Antonio takes the win<\/strong><\/a>: It is always worth reading Jason Gay in the <em>Wall Street Journa<\/em>l. Add a presidential hex, a \u201cBronx cheer\u201d, and you have a proper series, not just a parade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-graham-relationship-timeline-primary.html\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-graham-relationship-timeline-primary.html\"><strong>How Lindsey Graham has tried to outrun his past criticism of Trump<\/strong><\/a>: How long is primary season? Too long, if you ask me. Anyway, can businessman Mark Lynch use previous comments against Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and cast himself as the true MAGA candidate in their primary?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>You are reading <\/em>Washington Secrets<em>, a guide to power and politics in D.C. and beyond. It is written by Rob Crilly, who you can reach at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/mailto:secrets@washingtonexaminer.com\">secrets@washingtonexaminer.com<\/a> with your comments, story tips, and suggestions. 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