Where is the money going? Even Jill Stein and Gary Johnson spending more on ads than Trump.

[ABX]

Clinton camp: $61M
Jill Stein: $189K
Gary Johnson: $15K
Trump camp: $0 https://t.co/bukbVku5Nn

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics)

August 16, 2016

But he raised $80M in July. So where's the money going? https://t.co/f1775WmPjS

— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende)

August 16, 2016

Trump's FEC filing for July shows net operating expenses of $68,613,970. He has not released the itemized detail of his expenses yet (generally released at the end of the quarter).
http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?candidateCommitteeId=P80001571&tabIndex=3

Month over month, comparing to June, it appears the big difference is probably he paid himself back the fifty million or so he loaned his campaign. He promised to 'forgive' that loan, and the outstanding loans did go to $0, however, the expenses shot up by more than the amount he loaned himself from his campaign.

It appears as though, instead of buying any ads, he paid himself back for his primary loans from the $80 million he raised.

We'll know more at the end of the quarter. Of course, by then, no one will care.

[sinkspur]

Yes.  So Trump snuck past the FEC date, didn't submit the paperwork and likely paid himself back after saying he "forgave" the loans.

Trump is the master con artist.

[geronl]

Apparently Team Trump doesn't think ads are important before September.

Usually these ads would have all been reserved over a month or two ago.

[ABX]

Apparently Team Trump doesn't think ads are important before September.

Usually these ads would have all been reserved over a month or two ago.

They are just keeping their powder dry and pre-buying ads for the critical third week of November.

[geronl]

Yes.  So Trump snuck past the FEC date, didn't submit the paperwork and likely paid himself back after saying he "forgave" the loans.

Trump is the master con artist.

Probably still spending 20% contracting his own companies too

[geronl]

They are just keeping their powder dry and pre-buying ads for the critical third week of November.

Hire the Sham Wow guy to tell people why they should buy Trump! Run Trump through all the tests like a Ginsu knife to prove he is tougher than nails! "Look as he chomps right through this aluminum can! Like it's butter!"

[DB]

We'll know more at the end of the quarter. Of course, by then, no one will care.

The ones who donated their money to him will care. I doubt they donated it to pay off the debts of a billionaire...

[XenaLee]

Month over month, comparing to June, it appears the big difference is probably he paid himself back the fifty million or so he loaned his campaign. He promised to 'forgive' that loan, and the outstanding loans did go to $0, however, the expenses shot up by more than the amount he loaned himself from his campaign.

It appears as though, instead of buying any ads, he paid himself back for his primary loans from the $80 million he raised.

We'll know more at the end of the quarter. Of course, by then, no one will care.

At this rate..... gonna have to start calling him Ebenezer Trump.   Like the atypical liberal, he's stingy only with his own money.