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Trump nearly quintuples the rental rate for office space in Trump Tower after his decision to stop "self funding." This is the kind of thing that makes it easy for the liberal media to portray Trump as a shady, greedy businessman at a time they should be focused on Trump's demand for a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary's raw and overt corruption. It is also the kind of dumb decision that will probably cost him the election.

For Trump's Campaign, the Candidate Is Also the Landlord

Donald Trump's presidential campaign is paying Donald Trump a lot in rent.

The GOP nominee's campaign fought back on Tuesday after criticism of drastically increased rental costs at the team's own office space at Trump Tower in Manhattan, attributing a four-fold increase over two months to an "expansion" of the organization.

"The campaign expanded from part of a single floor by adding the entirety of two separate floors. Overall, we still pay over $40,000 less in rent than the Clinton campaign," a Trump spokesperson said in a statement.

New filings to the Federal Election Commission found that the amount of rent Trump's presidential campaign pays to Trump Tower Commercial LLC, the owner of the building that houses his campaign headquarters, has risen steadily since April.

In July, Trump spent $169,785 on rent compared to $110,684 in June, which is a huge jump from the $35,457 rental payment the campaign paid from August of 2015 until April of 2016, according to an analysis by NBC News.