cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18634498

While the campaign paid in advance due to Asheville’s policy for short-notice bookings, Trump has a long history of failing to pay cities for billed rally fees, leaving the White House in January 2021 with at least $850,000 in unpaid rally debt. Most of the bills are still unpaid, including more than $500,000 owed to The city of El Paso, Texas.

  • @[email protected]OP
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    453 months ago

    He left the White House. At the time he left the White House he had $850k in debt.

    The sentence is vague but this is how I read it (mostly because, you’re right, the other way doesn’t make sense).