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RE: Trump campaign funds going to Trump enterprises - 6/22/2016 6:56:26 PM

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Thread mass FAIL. Don't post if you won't keep up.
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36602959
The donald has been saying all along he is running a SELF-FUNDED campaign! Among other things, an excuse why he doesn't need to release his tax filings. Only, he's 'running out' of whatever he has chosen to call his campaign funds (Down to $1.4 M, claiming $46m spent) and is sending out messages asking for contributions. A $10B guy can't find $10m to get to the convention? Where he Would get public funding? And presumably some Republican money? So much for self-funding? Which begs the question, how can a multi-Billionare be short of less than $10M? HRC has a $42M campaign fund at present.
Silicone Valley is stepping back from any contributions to the national Republican Party (Assuredly not ignoring key local and state contests) and many of the main Red funders are sitting on their thumbs as well. No sign of Wall Street wanting a loose cannon in charge. While HRC is the Right's nemesis, to the actually intelligent people running World Finance, a calm and predictable Centerist, who has digestable and comprehensive plans for economic growth and stability. Exactly what financial investors dream of hearing.
Only true Flumpers could ignore the irony of such a successful mega-businessman unable to self-fund with less than 1% of his worth. Hopefully the large, and critical, 'undecided' see the emperor has no clothes (The irony continues, Donald isn't wearing any pants?), and vote the usual, 'least worst' candidate.

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RE: Trump campaign funds going to Trump enterprises - 6/22/2016 7:01:46 PM

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His campaign is not self-funded. His first one was; this one is on the public's dime.

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RE: Trump campaign funds going to Trump enterprises - 6/22/2016 7:38:58 PM

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

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When paid for with public campaign funds?

It's the definition of conflict of interest.

What public campaign funds? He barely got any donation support from the public.

Trump has been accepting donations all along.

Most of last year, while he was saying that he was funding the campaign himself, 67% of his campaign funds were from donations.

That changed in the last quarter, when he gave his campaign a loan of almost $11 million dollars.

A loan. Meaning he plans on getting that money back.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/feb/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-self-funding-his-campaign-sort/

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RE: Trump campaign funds going to Trump enterprises - 6/23/2016 6:33:29 AM

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Trump has been accepting donations all along.

Most of last year, while he was saying that he was funding the campaign himself, 67% of his campaign funds were from donations.

That changed in the last quarter, when he gave his campaign a loan of almost $11 million dollars.

A loan. Meaning he plans on getting that money back.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/feb/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-self-funding-his-campaign-sort/

Not only that but Trump has also been charging his campaign rent for using premises belonging to Trump! Why would any candidate load up the expenses to his campaign in this manner? It defies conventional explanation.

One explanation is that it looks like he's treating the whole exercise as a money making venture, he wants to make a profit on his bid for the Presidency. If this explanation has merit then it tells us that:
(a) he really is as venal and money-grubbing as his most savage critics allege;
(b) if he's going to treat the campaign as an opportunity to turn a buck, guess how he' going to treat the White House if he ever gets there ... ; and
(c) God knows what damage he will do to the US economy. If he gets his hands on the levers of the economy, his top priority is going to be self enrichment and screw the rest of you.

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RE: Trump campaign funds going to Trump enterprises - 6/23/2016 7:34:20 AM

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The Scots honour Flump with Mexican flags.

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On the level and looking for a square deal.

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