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President Donald Trump sent an unusual fundraising email to his supporters earlier this week.
President Trump, 79, sent an email to his supporters just after midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with the subject line, “I’m Alone in the Dark,” as seen in political email archives.
Political commentator Harry Sisson posted a screenshot of the email on X on January 13th, and it quickly garnered 1.4 million views.
The email itself began with, “Some people are saying this. This is sad!”
“I’m sitting here. Alone. I’m in the war room. Fighting for you,” he wrote.
“The rest of the staff went home a few hours ago. It’s just me and my dying laptop. And the 72-hour countdown clock to the first mid-month deadline of the year has just struck.”
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The president went on to say that the “radical left” will flip the House and Senate in 2026 unless funding goals “exceed[the president’s]first mid-year deadline.” If this happens, President Trump added in the email, the political left will “open our borders forever,” confiscate firearms, and “brainwash our children.”
“And in the worst case scenario, your favorite president (me!) could be falsely impeached again!”
The email also claimed that Democrats are “spending billions of dollars (dirty money) to bury America and you!” and that Trump “needs a small sacrifice from every red-hot American who wants to save our country!”
“I am serious. If we miss this goal, the MAGA movement will collapse,” the email continued. He added that if people donate $47 within the “next 30 minutes” of the email, they will receive a “limited edition 2026 Trump calendar,” but also said that is “nothing compared to losing our country.”
A big blue button below the text said, “This is it. There are no second chances.”
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Concluding the email, Trump wrote that “we have been fighting for years” but feared “the end is near.”
“The woke mind virus is infecting more and more Americans every day. This may be your last chance!” the email concludes. “Do it for America and show us that MAGA is strong!”
The email was sent the day before the president spoke to Reuters on Wednesday, January 14, suggesting the country should cancel its upcoming midterm elections.
“This is kind of deep down, but just because you’re elected president doesn’t mean you’re going to win the midterm elections,” Trump said, boasting that the first year of his second term was so successful that “if you think about it, there shouldn’t even be an election.”
The president’s comments came as The Lincoln Project reported that 18 House districts have recently trended in favor of Democrats, and the Senate is believed to be in the spotlight as well.
A day after President Trump’s Reuters interview, White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt sought to walk back the president’s remarks, insisting that abolishing the election was a “joke.” “He was talking playfully,” Levitt said.
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But the rejection of election due process is consistent with President Trump’s repeated references to a third term, despite the Constitution’s express prohibition.
His efforts extended to selling “TRUMP 2028” hats in the White House gift shop just months into his second term.
