SECURITY COSTS. MONICA ALBA EXPLAINS WHY THOSE
BILLS AREN’T LIKELY TO BE
SETTLED ANY TIME SOON.
>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S
CAMPAIGN RALLIES ARE A DEFINING
FEATURE OF HIS CANDIDACY.
>> HELLO, KANSAS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> HELLO, PENNSYLVANIA.
HELLO, PENNSYLVANIA.
HELLO, PENNSYLVANIA. >> WE’VE BEEN ALL OVER FLORIDA
AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. I LOVE YOU, TOO.
>> HE’S HELD MORE THAN ANY OF
HIS PREDECESSORS AND MOST TAKE
PLACE IN ARENAS THAT CAN PACK
FROM 10,000 TO 20,000 OF HIS
FIERCEST SUPPORTERS.
FIERCEST SUPPORTERS. BUT AT LEAST 12 CITYIES OF THE
HUNDREDS HE’S RALLIED IN SINCE
2016 CLAIMS THE PRESIDENT’S
CAMPAIGN OWES MORE THAN $1
MILLION IN OVERDUE SECURITY
COSTS.
COSTS. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ARGUES BIG,
LEFT-LEANING CITIES ARE
PURPOSELY CHARGING THE PRESIDENT
MORE THAN OTHER CANDIDATES AND
DON’T REQUIRE PREPAID CONTRACTS
FOR EXTRA RESOURCES, THIS CAN
ONLY GET WORSE AFTER THE FACT.
THERE REALLY ISN’T A PRECEDENT
FOR THIS.
FOR THIS. I’VE BEEN COVERING TRUMP RALLIES
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND
THEY’RE ALWAYS A POLITICAL
SPECTACLE.
SPECTACLE. PART ROCK CONCERT AND PART
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE FOR HIS
BIGGEST FANS.
BIGGEST FANS. PEOPLE CAN GET SO RILED UP
SOMETIMES SKIRMISHES DO BREAK
OUT AFTER THE EVENT WITH
PROTESTERS OUTSIDE.
PROTESTERS OUTSIDE. THEY CONSIDER MORE SECURITY
RESOURCES FOR THE EVENT BECAUSE
IT SIMPLY COSTS MORE.
THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS
CONFESSED HIS LOVE FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT IS OFTEN
THEIR OVERTIME AT ISSUE HERE.
IT’S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT NO
ONE HAS EVER CAMPAIGNED THE WAY
THIS INCUMBENT HAS.
TRUMP FILED FOR A SECOND BID
JUST HOURS AFTER BEING
INAUGURATED IN 2016 AND HASN’T
STOPPED CAMPAIGNING SINCE.
>> HOW DO YOU LIKE HAVING
PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE?
>> ACCORDING TO THE SENATOR OF
REPUBLICAN INTEGRITY, THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN STILL OWES EL PASO
$569,000 FROM A FEBRUARY 2019
RALLY AND $200,000 TO
ALBUQUERQUE FROM AN OCTOBER
EVENT.
EVENT. THOSE ARE AMONG THE BIGGEST
UNPAID INVOICES.
UNPAID INVOICES. CITIES IN ARIZONA, WISCONSIN AND
PENNSYLVANIA ARE ALSO ON THE
GROWING LIST.
GROWING LIST. TAKE MINNEAPOLIS, FOR EXAMPLE.
WHEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
ORGANIZED A MEGA RALLY AT THE
TARGET CENTER IN OCTOBER, THE
CITY ASKED FOR MORE THAN
$500,000 IN SECURITY COSTS.
THAT WOULD PAY FOR EVERYTHING
FROM EXTRA POLICE TIME, BARRIER
FENCING AND TRAFFIC CONTROL
AROUND THE AREA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK TO TWITTER
TO VENT HIS FRUSTRATION,
SLAMMING THE MINNEAPOLIS LEADER
AS A, QUOTE, LIGHTWEIGHT MAYOR.
AND THEN LATER AT THE RALLY
ITSELF.
ITSELF. >> MINNEAPOLIS, MINNEAPOLIS, YOU
GOT A ROTTEN MAYOR.
YOU GOT TO CHANGE YOUR MAYOR.
YOU GOT A BAD MAYOR.
>> IN NOVEMBER THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS WAS STILL DEMANDING
TO BE REIMBURSED.
>> THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE INSTANCE
WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS REFUSING
TO PAY HIS BILLS.
THIS HAS HAPPENED TIME AND TIME
AND TIME AGAIN.
>> THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN STILL
REFUSES TO PAY UP.
ARGUING THE CITY WAS UNFAIRLY
UPCHARGING THEM, ESPECIALLY
COMPARED TO SECURITY COSTS
INCURRED BY FORMER BARACK OBAMA
AT THE SAME VENUE IN 2009.
THE EXTRA RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR
THAT, ONLY ABOUT $20,000,
ACCORDING TO LOCAL NEWS REPORTS.
A TINY FRACTION OF THE AMOUNT
THE CITY WANTS TRUMP TO FRONT, A
POINT THEY ARE QUICK TO MAKE.
THESE TYPES OF FEUDS ARE ONLY
EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY.
NO PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON
THESE OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS AND
THE CAMPAIGN HASN’T BUDGED ON
ITS POSITION THAT IT SHOULDN’T
HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THE
EXTRA COSTS.
EXTRA COSTS. A TRUMP CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN TOLD
NBC THAT RALLY SECURITY IS
DIRECTED BY THE SECRET SERVICE.
THEY DO NOT TAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT
OVERTIME HOURS AND DON’T HAVE A
MECHANISM TO DO SO.
CRITICS ARGUE IT’S EVEN MORE
STRIKING GIVEN THE BLOCKBUSTER
FUND-RAISING NUMBERS THIS YEAR.
THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT SHORT ON
MONEY, BOASTING RECORD HAULS
EACH QUARTER AND TOTALING MORE
THAN $300 MILLION IN 2019.
AND IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME A
TRUMP ENTITY HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF
STIFFING VENDORS.
STIFFING VENDORS. THE PRESIDENT’S TRACK RECORD OF
NOT PAYING CONTRACTORS DATES
BACK DECADES TO HIS TIME LEADING
THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION.
ARE ANY OF THE PAYMENTS COMING
SOON?
SOON? THE STANDOFF CONTINUES AS THE
BILLS KEEP PILING UP.
WE’LL BE TRACKING ALL OF IT AS
THE PRESIDENT’S RALLY SCHEDULE
IS ONLY EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY