Donald Trump is still refusing to donate significantly more money to his campaign, putting him at an overwhelming cash disadvantage to Hillary Clinton with less than two weeks to go before Election Day.
The GOP nominee -- despite frequent promises to contribute $100 million to his campaign by Election Day -- donated a measly $31,000 in early October, a fundraising report released Thursday shows. He has only donated $56 million to his race as of October 20 and has just $16 million in reserves.
Clinton, meanwhile, sits on $62 million as of October 20, meaning she could spend more than $3 million a day during the final two weeks of the election and not go broke.
Clinton has also personally outspent Trump in early October, donating more than $50,000 to her campaign from her own funds, Federal Election Commission reports show.
As recently as Wednesday, Trump
told CNN's Dana Bash that he would dramatically ramp up his donations to his campaign.
"I will have over $100 million in the campaign, and I'm prepared to go much more than that," he told Bash outside of his new hotel in Washington, DC, declining to offer an exact figure. "In the old days, you'd get credit: If you would spend less money and have victory, that would be a good thing. Today, they want you to spend money."
Trump has
long been under pressure from allies and top fundraisers to give more to Trump Victory. CNN is told that earlier this month, Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus asked him to put more of his own money into his campaign to better compete for advertising.
A source familiar with the conversation said Trump did not do as Priebus asked.