As a side note, for a National Guardsman with only 1 tour in the Middle East, he sure seems to have an awful lot of medals.........
Posted on 01/28/2016 9:51:37 AM PST by conservativejoy
Donald Trump says he's skipping the final debate before the Iowa caucuses on Thursday night because he's upset with Fox News and debate moderator Megyn Kelly. Trump will instead hold a "special event to benefit veterans organizations" in Iowa, according to a campaign press release. But the event could come off as a cheap political stunt exploiting veterans, especially because the Donald J Trump Foundation has been far from generous to veterans organizations over the years.
As Emily Canal of Forbes reported in October: "The Donald J. Trump Foundation has donated $5.5 million to 298 charities between 2009 and 2013 (the most recent year available), according to the non-profit's 990 tax forms from those years. Of that, only $57,000 has been donated to seven organizations that directly benefit military veterans or their families, Forbes found. Wounded Warriors was not among the organizations Trump's foundation gave to in that time period."
Some veterans say that the billionaire has been AWOL when it comes to helping veterans. "Donald Trump is not a leader in veterans' philanthropy, unless he's donated a lot of money that nobody knows about," Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told the New York Times in July. "We were founded in New York. We are headquartered in New York. I've been here 10 years, and I don't think I've ever even seen Donald Trump."
Rieckhoff, an Iraq war veteran, wrote on Twitter on Tuesday: "If offered, @IAVA will decline donations from Trump's event. We need strong policies from candidates, not to be used for political stunts."
In an email to THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Trump's spokeswoman Hope Hicks said that "Mr. Trump has made significant financial and in kind contributions to many Veterans organizations, personally and not through the Donald J. Trump foundation." Trump's spokeswoman did not reply to an email asking if she could share an estimate of Trump's personal donations to veterans organizations.
The Trump Foundation's $57,000 in donations to veterans groups from 2009 to 2013 amounted to far less than Trump's donations to the Clinton Foundation. "Trump is listed on the Clinton Foundation's donor page as having given somewhere between $100,001 and $250,000," the Daily Caller reported last year.
The Trump foundation's 2014 donations to politically connected organizations easily outmatched donations to veterans groups: That year, the foundation gave $26,500 to the Anti-Defamation League, $25,000 to the American Spectator Foundation, and $100,000 to the Citizens United Foundation.
The Donald J. Trump Foundation also gave about $57,000 to the Susan G. Komen foundation in 2012, the same year that the breast cancer charity courted controversy over its subtantial donations to Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the country. The foundation even provided a small donation the the ACLU, a left-wing civil liberties organization opposed to religious liberty.
The Smoking Gun has documented Trump's overall miserly giving for years. In 1999, the website called Trump "The .00013% Man," referring to the percentage of his wealth that the foundation had donated. As a percentage of Trump's overall net worth, the Donald J Trump Foundation's contributions haven't increased much in recent years.
In his stump speeches lately, Trump has described himself as greedy and tried to turn his vice into a selling point for voters. "I'm very greedy. I'm a greedy person. I shouldn't tell you that, I'm a greedy - I've always been greedy. I love money, right?" Trump said on January 9. "But, you know what? I want to be greedy for our country."
The last pathetic bleat from the GOPe.
They had so nicely set a trap for Trump for the next Fox News debate. They even lined up a muslim woman and illegal alien to ask embarrassing questions. The fatal torpedo shot below the waterline would finally be delivered!
And Trump went and spoiled their plan.
“How much have YOU given to Vets? Trump gave a million bucks in one throw. You should be ashamed of yourself.”
I am not a wealthy person, but this household makes a monthly donation to Wounded Warriors.
Completely different donation, but you probably know that already, don’t you?
Wounded Warriors, the most symbolic vets charity there is, with the least going to the vets? That Wounded Warriors?
Well you’re wrong and the idea that you have insight into how Donald Trump spends his money is ridiculous.
That bad huh. The TDS is really getting tedious now.
Typical liberal
His entire charitable giving is pathetic considering his income.
He’s using veterans as a publicity stunt and a lot of them see through it.
You may not like Bill Gates but he actually does use his fortune for good.
On Celebrity Apprentice, Trump often says he will match the donation to whatever cause. Of course, it probably isn’t coming out of his personal pocket. Probably some layer of his Trump Empire. I don’t know if he ever did it with the Vet charities that were played for but I do know he has done it multiple times every season.
As a side note, for a National Guardsman with only 1 tour in the Middle East, he sure seems to have an awful lot of medals.........
I wonder if he gets credit for HIS money that the town of palm Beach, Florida gave to the VA HOSPITAL in West Palm Beach.
Donald was sued by the city of PaalmBeach for having a flagpole at Mar a Lago rhat was too tall for the town ordinances. He was fined by the day and when the sum reached $127,000 Donald “Made a DEAL with the town. He would shorten the flagpole to the height the town demanded but he would only pay $100,000 AND that $100,000 had to be turned over to the V A HOSPITAL in West Palm Beach. The town agreed and the money was received and turned over to the hospital.
THEN Donald cut the height of the flagpole to the proper height, built a mound elsewhere on the property and reinstalled the flagpole. The length of the flagpole is the required height, but it is the same height in the air as before! Palm Beach got a taste of Donald’s “Negotiating” talent. All Palm Beach is laughing!
THAT is the kind of negotiating i want for America. The one man who cn do it is TRUMP.
Whenever money comes out of someones business as a donation, it is still coming from them, just pre tax is all.
Why don’t you tell the REAL story?
You are correct.New York is a long way from Palm Beach...and she twisted the PB story.
Wellll, not necessarily. I could see an umbrella set up with the Production company where it sets off a certain amount that will be deemed his personal donations category. This done with some kind of legalese.
I am not saying that is the way it was done. I am saying it could be that way. He does it every year multiple times on the show.
Also, it is interesting to note when he doesn’t think much of your charity. Sometimes I think that factors in to whether that person wins the task.
Yeah, he gives a pittance. But his followers are lapping this up! lol
Nice find, Cruz is a grade A hypocrite.
From 2006 to 2010, Ted Cruz made $5,064, 248.00 and gave $44,000.00 to charity
As a former employee of Mr Trump you sir are a liar. Every single employee of the construction companies hired by Trump in NYC were Union jobs got that jerk, Trump hater as to employees take in all of his folks world wide 365,000 in Dubai, Scotland, England, 4 separate locations in the USA 99% of them are union jobs so stop the bs lieing you are a hater of winners thats your real problem....
1. He gave that money to build a memorial, not to benefit veterans.
2. 1985 was 31 years ago. What has Trump done for vets between 1985 and when he started running for President?
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