{"id":2641894,"date":"2026-08-07T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-touts-800-million-war-chest-for-midterm-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:11:15","slug":"trump-touts-800-million-war-chest-for-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-touts-800-million-war-chest-for-midterm-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump touts $800 million war chest for midterm elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ftrump-touts-800-million-war-chest-for-midterm-elections%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=2641894&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>President Donald Trump announced that his super PAC, Make America Great Again Inc., plans to allocate approximately $800 million to support Republican candidates in the 2026 midterm elections. He emphasized that he intends to use these funds to assist Republicans broadly, not just for election campaigns. Trump highlighted the significance of his financial resources, especially as he will not be on the ballot himself, asserting his influence can mobilize voters and boost GOP efforts. He also pointed out that voter turnout tends to be lower in midterms but stressed that his endorsement is a powerful motivator for Republican voters. Furthermore, Trump predicts a likely Republican victory in November, despite acknowledging the historical trend of the incumbent party losing midterms. He criticized Democratic candidates for nominating socialist contenders and indicated a willingness to collaborate with House Speaker Mike Johnson if Democrats regain control. Trump remains confident in the GOP&#8217;s prospects and continues to leverage his influence and fundraising to shape the midterm outcomes.  <\/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\">Republican candidates in 2026 could see $800 million in fundraising help from President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> super PAC in the crucial <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11675\">midterm election year<\/a>, the president announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump touted his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/make-america-great-again\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3396\">Make America Great Again<\/a> Inc.\u2019s $800 million war chest in an interview with <em>Punchbowl News<\/em> on Friday. The massive fundraising number could prove vital for Republicans in the midterm elections, in which Trump\u2019s name will not be at the top of the ballot to boost the GOP side.<\/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\/campaigns\/congressional\/4679239\/trump-midterm-election-war-chest-800-million\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump touts $800 million war chest in first election without his name at the top of the ticket<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4679100\/hasan-piker-digital-footprint-creates-arsenal-gop\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hasan Piker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fop-slams-vulnerable-house-democrat-for-using-logo-in-mail\/\" title=\"FOP slams vulnerable ... Democrat for using logo in mail\">digital footprint creates arsenal<\/a> for GOP<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4679070\/trump-endorses-charlie-hatcher-tennessee-andy-ogles-primary-loss\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump endorses Charlie Hatcher after Andy Ogles primary loss<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president said he was \u201cof course\u201d going to spend his PAC\u2019s $800 million, but did not limit its potential to just the elections when the outlet asked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI could spend it on pretty much anything I want. I\u2019m going to spend it for \u2014 I\u2019m going to help Republicans,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with any midterm election season, voter turnout this year is expected to be lower than in presidential election cycles. But for Republicans in particular, there is not much that drives voters to the ballot box as much as Trump\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the GOP looks to hold its majorities in both the House and the Senate, Trump has been campaigning in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4677108\/republicans-bet-carrie-buck-will-oust-dina-titus-nevada\/\">key purple states<\/a>, endorsing candidates across the GOP board, and leveraging his economic wins from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to bring voters to the polls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I don\u2019t run, will those people go out and vote? And that\u2019s the one thing I can\u2019t say. I\u2019m going to ask them to,\u201d Trump told the outlet, pointing to his stump speech in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"736\">Nevada<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaker of the House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"7043\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) has sought to tie Trump\u2019s name to the midterm races as much as possible ahead of November, as Johnson vies to protect Republicans\u2019 slim six-seat majority in the lower chamber, which exists with three Democratic vacancies and one GOP vacancy. Johnson has made the point <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/11\/05\/congress\/mike-johnson-trump-is-on-the-ballot-2026-00637245\">several<\/a> times that Trump\u2019s name is indeed \u201con the ballot,\u201d because if the majority switched to Democratic hands, blue lawmakers would work to undo Trump\u2019s agenda and take down administration officials, he argues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey will turn every committee of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> into an investigative body, and they\u2019ll go after the president\u2019s family, the Cabinet, his donors, and friends \u2014 half of you in this room will be targeted,\u201d Johnson said at a June Faith &#038; Freedom Coalition event. \u201cI run the protection program. I\u2019ll take care of you, OK. We\u2019re going to win, we\u2019re going to win the midterm.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump told the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T9omos50y8k&#038;list=PLNCI8smIJrxCWHDPwoW-V39f16f7k2CB2&#038;index=1\">outlet<\/a> Friday that he believes his party is \u201cgoing to win\u201d in the November elections, but warned, as he often has, about the historic trend that the party in control of the White House loses in midterm years. He also said Democrats are \u201cshooting themselves in the foot\u201d by nominating socialist candidates in the primary elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4678896\/trump-work-jeffries-democrats-retake-majority-nice-guy\/\">TRUMP SAYS HE COULD WORK WITH JEFFRIES IF DEMOCRATS RETAKE MAJORITY: \u2018HE\u2019S A NICE GUY\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had good presidents, and even good presidents, they tend to lose the midterms,\u201d Trump said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t know what that is. Other than that, I\u2019d say we should win easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also hypothesized that voters \u201care very angry at Republicans\u201d but said they are not angry with him, adding that he doesn\u2019t know why.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s PAC may give GOP $800M boost in 2026 midterms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2641895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217793498629.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36350,34250,38930,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2641894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-campaign-funding","tag-midterm-elections","tag-political-donations","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217793498629.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641898,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641894\/revisions\/2641898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}