[Hoot Gibson]

Just as I, and thousands of other Trump detractors have pointed out, Trump never intended to self fund his campaign. If Trump had been telling voters the truth about self funding his campaign, then he would not have loaned his campaign millions of dollars, he would have donated the money to his campaign. Trump has been, is, and will continue to be a monumental liar. That is why Trump's campaign promises are worthless, even when compared to other politicians' campaign promises. The scale of Trump's dishonesty is staggering.

Trump Campaign Could Use New Donations to Pay Donald Trump $36M for Loan

After railing against a "corrupt" fundraising system in the Republican primaries, Donald Trump now says he will raise hundreds of millions of dollars to compete in the general election.

But the new money Trump raises is available not only for future campaigning — it can also go directly into Trump's pocket, reimbursing him for his personal spending in the primaries.

Trump aides say that option is not currently under discussion, NBC News has learned, but they also decline to rule out the possibility entirely.

After this article was published Friday, Trump said he is ruling out the possibility, telling MSNBC, "I have absolutely no intention of paying myself back for the nearly $50 million dollars I have loaned to the campaign." Trump's estimate appears to include additional money he loaned the campaign that has yet to be filed with the FEC, and he told MNSBC all of the loans are "a contribution made in order to 'Make America Great Again.'"

The Trump campaign has not actually converted the loans into a contribution, according to the FEC. After this article was published Friday, aides told msnbc they expect to make that formal change "in the near future."

Legally, Trump has the option of recouping any or all of the money he spent on the primaries.

That is because Trump almost never directly donates funds to his campaign. He has only spent about $317,000 of his own money outright.

The rest of his personal spending is structured as a loan to the campaign, which now owes Trump $35.9 million.