Trump Not So Charitable After All

[n david]

Dishonest Donnie:

"""Since the first day of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has said that he gave more than $102 million to charity in the past five years.

To back up that claim, Trump's campaign compiled a list of his contributions -- 4,844 of them, filling 93 pages.

But, in that massive list, one thing was missing.

Not a single one of those donations was actually a personal gift of Trump's own money.

Instead, according to a Washington Post analysis, many of the gifts that Trump cited to prove his generosity were free rounds of golf, given away by his courses for charity auctions and raffles."""

The spin, here, is the charities got money since they raffled off the free rounds of golf. Win win, right? Trump keeps his money and the charities get whatever they can raise in a raffle.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...html?tid=ss_tw

[FlamingZword]

so what? plenty of people donate their time or property instead of Money.

Nothing to see here folks, move along.

[n david]

Originally Posted by FlamingZword

so what? plenty of people donate their time or property instead of Money.

Nothing to see here folks, move along.

When someone says they "given $102 million to charity," people assume it's money. Trump is being dishonest with the facts.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by n david

When someone says they "given $102 million to charity," people assume it's money. Trump is being dishonest with the facts.

We won't be assured of anything Trump says because he refuses and makes excuses for not releasing his tax returns.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

We won't be assured of anything Trump says because he refuses and makes excuses for not releasing his tax returns.

Trump is lucky the media thus far is giving him a pass on this. He's a billionaire who has publicly boasted about using his money to buy politicians time and attention. He should release his tax records immediately.

The only reason he hasn't is because there's something he doesn't want people to see. Whether it's his true net worth or money received/given to liberal groups or people.

[aegsm76]

Sounds like a win/win for everyone.

[n david]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

Sounds like a win/win for everyone.

But of course. He should be more honest though and not insinuate he's given $102 million in actual cash to charity.

That's a lie.

[aegsm76]

I would be curious to see what his actual income was over the past few years.
I am betting it is actually fairly low, because he manages most of his income through his businesses.

[Birddog]

Oh please!

Hillary clinton lies, steals, cheats, murders, and is a wicked lesbian.

This is what you have against Trump though?

What are you people eating at night?

It will be either Trump or Hillary. Cruz is only going to get in the way.

If it is not Trump then it will be Hillary. Don't you understand that?

WOW!

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Birddog

Oh please!

Hillary clinton lies, steals, cheats, murders, and is a wicked lesbian.

This is what you have against Trump though?

What are you people eating at night?

It will be either Trump or Hillary. Cruz is only going to get in the way.

If it is not Trump then it will be Hillary. Don't you understand that?

WOW!

Thank you FlamingZword for your insight.