Let's Take Some Account

Happy hump day, Friends,

A week ago today I said this: "Watch the next seven days, Friends. It could be the biggest year in politics yet."

I was referring to the apparent implosion of the Trump campaign, what would be a pivotal week for him, and that in politics a week is equivalent to a year.

Well, Friends, with Trump's firing of longtime campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, and this morning's hiring of a full-blown, experienced, professional campaign staff, I don't think my prediction let you down.

In just a matter of minutes, The Donald will deliver a major attack speech on Hillary Clinton's record, and it will dominate the political narrative for the rest of the day...or longer.

After Hill's similar speech yesterday attacking his business record, Trump's counterattack should be a real doozy.

I may like the taste of my foot every once in a while, but Hillary's
about to find out how this tastes.

For someone with virtually no money in his war chest, Trump has still managed to steal the narrative nearly every day, and the media's near-total attention.

Does he really need anywhere close to the kind of funding the media says he does? By harping on the money he needs, they're ironically giving him millions in free media.

Trump gets more free attention than any candidate could ever pay for, and he could be the first modern candidate to actually shoestring an election.

After all, he's built his whole empire on creative financing.

As former president of a commercial real estate brokerage, I can tell you from personal knowledge that creativity in The Donald's line of work is equivalent currency to cash.

By now, we should be convinced that Trump can creatively control the media without spending one lead cent.

Trump claims he's spent $55 million of his own money on his campaign so far. Truth is, he's loaned his campaign about $48 million, and more than six million of that has been paid to his own companies for the flights he's flown and the venues he's used.

So, Nubbs has actually spent $0. And he'll make money on the loan when he pays himself back out of other peoples' campaign contributions.

Pretty slick.

Get set for the fallout from Trump's dump on Hillary. His counter punches have been deadly.