Want a conspiracy theory that might be true? Trump is grifting his own campaign

[ConservativeDemocrat]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-burnett/trumps-missing-money_b_11472300.html

If you’re watching the Olympic games, you may have noticed “Hillary for President” ads. She’s bought $13.6 million worth, while Donald Trump has bought none. In fact, since garnering the Republican nomination, he’s spent $0 on TV. Nonetheless, the Trump campaign spent $63m in July. What happened to it?

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There’s a third explanation for the missing $63m. The end-of-June FEC report indicates that Trump had lent his campaign $50m. Although Trump promised to forgive this loan, NBC news reported that he never filed the papers to actually do this. Perhaps Trump repaid himself from the $63m, leaving little money for ads and field staff.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/21/politics/donald-trump-business-spending-fec/

Trump-linked businesses account for 17% of all campaign expenses to date. He's paid almost $11 million to Trump organizations since launching his campaign a year ago.The setup shows how unusual Trump's campaign is -- presidential candidates generally don't own buildings or resorts in multiple states or companies that could be used as contractors.He's paid $420,000 to Mar-a-Lago, the private Florida club where Trump has led many an Election Night celebration, and $4.6 million to TAG Air, so he can use his private jets. Even about $5,000 to Eric Trump Winery Manufacturing LLC, the Virginia producer owned by his son.
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Other expenses include $577,000 for payroll and rent at Trump Tower, which doubles as campaign headquarters, and $4.7 million to Ace Specialties, which supplies Trump's online store and whose owner is Christl Mahfouz, who sits on the board of directors of Eric Trump's foundation.
And $400 to Trump Ice LLC, which makes bottled waters.

You know what happens to the money all these Republicans give to the Trump campaign? It goes straight into his bank account to pay for his businesses. He's treating the whole thing as a profit making venture.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[lovemydog]

1. Yup. He's ripping off his donors

to enrich his myriad stupid businesses.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. Interesting.

There’s a third explanation for the missing $63m. The end-of-June FEC report indicates that Trump had lent his campaign $50m. Although Trump promised to forgive this loan, NBC news reported that he never filed the papers to actually do this. Perhaps Trump repaid himself from the $63m, leaving little money for ads and field staff.

He can blow extra funds on supposed campaign rallies at his own resorts.

[apcalc]

3. I have read elsewhere as well,

He is paying himself and family for travel expenses, and time.

[Scarsdale]

4. Con artist

The media will talk about this AFTER he loses the election, unless the gop plans to "fix" the voting machines. tRump is nothing but a con man. Has anyone run for the presidency with a more unstable mind than him? He is so used to drowning people out who seek the truth. It is time to dig down and expose this con artist. He is on EVERY newscast, getting free publicity.

[rurallib]

5. probably too broke to loan anybody anything in reality

[KewlKat]

6. Perhaps Russia called in a loan?

[bluedye33139]

7. July 20th FEC filing

CNN and the LA Times and many other sources indicate that the July 20th paperwork made it clear that he had officially forgiven those loans. There is a lot of talk about this, but almost all of it comes from speculation up to July 20th and 21st, I've noticed.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, That's why he's spent relatively zero so far and is using the RNC !!!!