Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own | CNN Politics

Republican candidates and political groups are on track to spend more on Trump ’s businesses this year than any year since 2016 .

Trump himself has been the biggest spender, both this year and over the last decade .

Some of the candidates who’ve spent the most money on Trump businesses in recent years have been new politicians who won the former president's endorsement despite a lack of past electoral experience or success.

Trump endorsed Moreno on December 19 .

Moreno 's campaign spent nearly $17,000 more at Mar-a-Lago in December .

He spent another $80,000 there in January , when his campaign held a fundraiser at the resort that raised about $350,000 in donations.

The congressional candidate whose campaign spent the most at Trump businesses is Herschel Walker .

Since his first bid for president, Trump ’s principal campaign committee and associated PACs and Super PACs have spent more than $28 million on his businesses.

While Mar-a-Lago has attracted the most attention, the bulk of Trump 's campaign payments to his own businesses has gone to a lower-profile firm.

The growing mix of politics and business has turned off some longtime patrons of Trump resorts who aren’t MAGA devotees.