# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901 "2016-05-04T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 197
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3923 "2016-08-09T18:57:34Z")
So he has to pump as much of that money into his own companies as he can. Forget television ads. His campaign needs to book golf resorts and hotel ballrooms. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3924 "2016-08-09T18:58:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Nope.](http://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/leftover-campaign-funds/) > > Full, detailed answer at the link. Given Trump’s determined ignorance, I have to wonder if he is aware of this. Lots of people are saying that his minimal campaign spending combined with his large fundraising totals is very suspicious. I’m not saying that, I’m just saying that lots of people have been saying that Trump might be planning to run off with his unspent campaign funds. I’m sure he’d never do that, he’s such a bang-up guy, but I’ve heard people saying that his campaign is just a con to screw America out of a bunch of money. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3925 "2016-08-09T19:02:50Z")
> [@oft\_wears\_hats](#): > > Given Trump’s determined ignorance, I have to wonder if he is aware of this. Lots of people are saying that his minimal campaign spending combined with his large fundraising totals is very suspicious. I’m not saying that, I’m just saying that lots of people have been saying that Trump might be planning to run off with his unspent campaign funds. I’m sure he’d never do that, he’s such a bang-up guy, but I’ve heard people saying that his campaign is just a con to screw America out of a bunch of money. I’ve heard some people say he’s planning on funneling a healthy portion of it to NAMBLA once the election is over and the scrutiny is off his finances. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3926 "2016-08-09T19:04:26Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve heard some people say he’s planning on funneling a healthy portion of it to NAMBLA once the election is over and the scrutiny is off his finances. Is that true? I don’t know. You tell me. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3927 "2016-08-09T19:06:59Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve heard some people say he’s planning on funneling a healthy portion of it to NAMBLA once the election is over and the scrutiny is off his finances. Well, people are talking about it, that’s for sure. I don’ personally think that Trump is a major donor to NAMBLA, but there are some very smart people who are talking about it. Makes you wonder. Plus, the Trump campaign has not come out and denied it. They seem to be ignoring the talk about Trump personally donating large sums of money to NAMBLA. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3928 "2016-08-09T19:11:46Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Is that true? I don’t know. You tell me. Listen, I’ve just heard some people say it. Smart people, they’re saying maybe this is why he isn’t spending money, or who knows. It seems like something he shouldn’t be doing. Is it true? I don’t know. You tell me. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3929 "2016-08-09T19:14:46Z")
I’ve heard some people say that NAMBLA has their convention every year at a Trump property. Nobody I know personally, mind you, but top people have mentioned this. I see it on Facebook all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3930 "2016-08-09T19:16:20Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve heard some people say he’s planning on funneling a healthy portion of it to NAMBLA once the election is over and the scrutiny is off his finances. I’ve heard many people say that he will set up his 2020 election headquarters in Moscow, and use the money for that. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3931 "2016-08-09T19:18:22Z")
> [@oft\_wears\_hats](#): > > Given Trump’s determined ignorance, I have to wonder if he is aware of this. Lots of people are saying that his minimal campaign spending combined with his large fundraising totals is very suspicious. I’m not saying that, I’m just saying that lots of people have been saying that Trump might be planning to run off with his unspent campaign funds. I’m sure he’d never do that, he’s such a bang-up guy, but I’ve heard people saying that his campaign is just a con to screw America out of a bunch of money. Nah. I bet he holds some expensive meetings of supporters, supposedly on making America great, on his properties. At inflated prices. Good way of laundering the money. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3932 "2016-08-09T19:19:37Z")
And , mind you, these are TOP people saying that, so, you know, might be something. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3933 "2016-08-09T19:26:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Gallup: 51% said the RNC made them _less_ likely to vote Trump. Previous record, dating back to at least 1988: 38%. > > [https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/758348257764503552/photo/1](https://t.co/Tp42eNXbqA) That’s not important. They got YUUUUGE ratings. And that’s what matters. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3934 "2016-08-09T19:27:20Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > And , mind you, these are TOP people saying that, so, you know, might be something. I can assure you, there are private investigators in Hawaii who’ve found interesting things, absolutely unbelievable things, which they’ll reveal when the time is right. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3935 "2016-08-09T19:28:13Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > HE GOT HIS PHONE BACK! > Just posted to Twitter: > “Many people are saying that the Iranians killed the scientist who helped the U.S. because of Hillary Clinton’s hacked emails.” > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I wonder if Trump can tell us who a few of these “many people” are. Give us some names please… Twitter really should have a standard font-and-graphics (circus clowns, maybe, or giant arrows pointing at the words) for any tweet that contains the phrase “many people are saying”. > [@JohnT](#): > > I tweeted in reply “We missed you, Donald! Glad you could escape those mean people who keep telling you to say boring things. Bad people! Bad!” You may be certain that he detected nothing but sincere, admiring praise in your tweet. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3936 "2016-08-09T19:37:42Z")
After the [letter from 50 Republican national security experts](http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37016680) that warns that nominee Donald Trump “would be the most reckless president” in US history… I wonder if there is a similar group of evangelical Christians who might be persuaded to write a similar letter, explaining how Mr. Trump is so far removed from Christian ideals that there is no possibility of him getting their votes… Who are the biggest movers and shakers in the evangelical community? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3937 "2016-08-09T19:38:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’ve heard some people say that NAMBLA has their convention every year at a Trump property. Nobody I know personally, mind you, but top people have mentioned this. I see it on Facebook all the time. Frankly, I think Trump should be forced to suspend his campaign until we can figure out just what the hell is going on. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3938 "2016-08-09T19:44:38Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > I think that once the campaign is over, and, if the candidate declares he is retiring from politics, he is allowed to use any left over funds for whatever purpose he wants. Not really. He has lots of options but “no personal use” is a line he can’t cross. [http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/03/the-retirement-announcement-la/](http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/03/the-retirement-announcement-la/) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3939 "2016-08-09T19:50:30Z")
[Trump just suggested](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-executed-clinton-short-circuited) that if Hillary gets to choose judges, then there’s nothing anyone could do, except for, maybe, “Second Amendment people”. Yes, he’s saying that people might need to shoot Hillary Clinton to prevent her from choosing justices (or maybe shoot the judges?). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3940 "2016-08-09T19:55:16Z")
Trump: Second Amendment may be the only way to stop Hillary from picking her judges if she’s elected. > **[Trump in trouble over 'Second Amendment' remark](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-clinton-second-amendment-judges-guns-226833)** > > The campaign says he was referencing gun-rights voter mobilization, but the remark was widely interpreted as a joke about using guns against his Democratic rival. But of course that would be a horrible day if it happens… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3941 "2016-08-09T19:57:07Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > [Trump just suggested](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-executed-clinton-short-circuited) that if Hillary gets to choose judges, then there’s nothing anyone could do, except for, maybe, “Second Amendment people”. > > Yes, he’s saying that people might need to shoot Hillary Clinton to prevent her from choosing justices (or maybe shoot the judges?). Surly, _this time_, people will be outraged. Right? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3942 "2016-08-09T19:58:34Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Surly, _this time_, people will be outraged. Right? I hope so, and don’t call me Surly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=196) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=198)