‘Way ahead of the field’: inside the Trump campaign’s unprecedented social media campaign
Donald Trump spent more than $11.1m on Facebook and Google ads alone more than 500 days before the election
It was the end of a tumultuous month for the Trump White House. A redacted version of the Mueller report had been released to the public. Democratic committee leaders were threatening subpoenas. The special counsel had broken his silence to criticize the attorney general’s handling of the report’s release.
In Washington DC, Donald Trump’s presidency was under as much pressure as ever. But on Facebook, the Trump circle was asserting another reality.