Once Somebody Else Was Paying It , ” by the Huffington Post 's S.V. Date : “ After bragging for a year about how cheaply he was running his campaign , Trump is spending more freely now that other people are contributing ― particularly when the beneficiary is himself . Trump nearly quintupled the monthly rent his presidential campaign pays for its headquarters at Trump Tower to $ 169,758 in July , when he was raising funds from donors , compared with March , when he was self - funding his campaign .