Former President Donald Trump has raised more than $45.5 million in the third fundraising quarter of the year and has in excess of $37.5 million in cash on hand, his campaign said Wednesday.
“In an impressive testament to the overwhelming grassroots support behind President Trump that will lead to dominating victories, close to $36 million of the total cash on hand is designated for the primary,” the 77-year-old former president’s campaign said in a statement.
The eye-popping total exceeds the reported amount that his campaign and super PAC brought in during the second quarter by more than $10 million.
The Trump campaign’s latest haul is also nearly double the amount that the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner raised in the first quarter.
“The Q3 numbers are even more impressive considering the Summer months are usually when most campaigns experience lagging fundraising support,” the campaign noted. “President Trump and his campaign have completely shattered that notion.”
For comparison, fundraising totals released by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, Trump’s closest GOP primary rival, according to national polls, show that the Sunshine State governor’s campaign committee and PAC received $15 million in the third quarter and only have $5 million in cash on hand.
The Trump campaign mocked DeSantis’ comparatively humble warchest.
“Meanwhile, the DeSanctimonious campaign admits to only having $5 million cash on hand available for the primary election — a grave indication that Ron’s candidacy may not live to see the Iowa caucuses in January, or even, the end of this month,” the Trump campaign said, using one of the former president’s preferred nicknames for his rival.
“While DeSanctus’ fundraising, like his poll numbers, has seen an exponential drop even from July, President Trump outraised his impressive $35 million haul in Q2 (which doubled Q1 fundraising) by more than $10 million,” the campaign added.
Trump has a massive 43-point lead over DeSantis, according to a RealClearPolitics average of polls, with just over three months to go until the Iowa caucus.