President Donald Trump says he is ready to tap his massive political war chest — and even his own money — to help Republican candidates in the midterm elections.
Trump said he has raised roughly $850 million and plans to put a significant amount of it behind GOP candidates he believes can win.
“Well, I’ve raised a lot, and nobody knows what it is, but I will tell you it’s about $850 million,” Trump said before boarding Air Force One for a flight to South Carolina. “I’ll be spending a lot of that money for — and my own money — but I’ll be spending a lot of that money for candidates that I think are good, Republican candidates.”
“We’re in very good shape,” he added.
The promise comes as Republicans face an increasingly difficult midterm environment.
Election forecasters currently favor Democrats to capture control of the House, while Republicans hold a slight edge in the battle for the Senate. But the political climate has been moving against the GOP, driven in large part by Trump’s declining approval ratings and the war with Iran.
That has put added attention on MAGA Inc., the super PAC that played a major role in supporting Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign and now controls a formidable pool of money that could be deployed in congressional races.
Trump signaled earlier this month that he intends to use those resources to bolster Republicans.
In an interview with Punchbowl News, Trump said he could “spend it on pretty much anything” he wants.
“I’m going to help Republicans,” Trump said.
Exactly when that help will arrive remains unclear. The super PAC did not spend money on candidates in June or July, even as Republicans increasingly looked toward Trump and his political operation for assistance.
Some Republicans told Politico last month that they wanted the president to begin opening the coffers and putting money behind GOP candidates.
James Blair, a top Trump political adviser who oversees MAGA Inc., has also said a major midterm push is coming.
The president “is going to expend substantial resources to win the midterms,” Blair said during a June appearance on “The Sean Spicer Show.”
“He cares deeply about the party winning and anything he can do to support that he is going to do and is already doing,” Blair said.
Blair did not give a specific timeline for when the money would begin flowing, saying only that it would happen “very soon.”
With control of Congress at stake, Trump’s enormous fundraising operation could become one of the GOP’s biggest financial weapons heading into the final stretch of the midterm campaign. The remaining question is not whether Trump says he will spend, but how quickly the money begins reaching the races where Republicans need it most.
