Posted on 02/05/2013 9:03:14 AM PST by Codetrader
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump told veteran radio broadcaster Steve Malzberg on Monday that he was vilified by the mainstream media for offering to donate $5 million to charity if President Barack Obama released his college transcripts.
“They all came to his defense: ‘How dare Trump do that?’” Trump said on the premiere of “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV in New York. “It was $5 million that can go to Sandy, but I would’ve been willing to pay much, much more than that.
“It was incredible,” Trump added. “It’s absolutely incredible how he’s protected.”
During the 2012 presidential campaign, Trump launched a controversial “birther’’ campaign against President Obama, claiming that Obama was not born in Hawaii.
He offered $5 million to the charity of Obama’s choice if he produced his college records among others.
The president laughed off the challenge on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," saying that his disagreements with Trump dated “back to when we were growing up together in Kenya.”
But the real estate mogul told Malzberg on Monday that he was still shocked that Obama declined the offer, especially since it was for charity.
“I offered him $5 million if he showed, just showed, these college transcripts and also some documentation. Very simple stuff. Passport documentation. And he didn’t do it,” Trump said. “Then, I gave him a certain number — and I said I would raise it very, very substantially from $5 million, and he still didn’t do it.”
The mainstream media “thought it was terrible that I had asked for that,” Trump added. “He could’ve made a lot of money for showing a few documents — literally, a few pages worth of documents and maybe some passport documentation.”
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You can say what you will. I like CBS and will say it daily if that makes you happy. I love NCIS, NCIS LA, Survivor and many other CBS shows that are offered. You don’t have to at all. I am not a follower. If I see someone on either side of the poltical spectrum doing something stupid, I will say so or if they are doing something good, I will say so. Followers like yourself probably find that just awful. Sorry about that but you are free to be told how to think for the rest of your life. Leave me out of it.
> I notice you didn’t get an answer to *your* question.
Mayhaps he’s busy searching for Obama’s school records that Trump asked for. Should be an easy $5-mil score.
All I said was you were a follower. I stand by that 100 percent.
What other poster? Your the one that keeps pinging me for some ungodly reason.
> Conservatives make fun of Michelle’s hair, clothes,
> looks, etc. Mrs. Romney should be open to be made fun of
> on every thing except the MS.
>
> - 20 posted on 8/14/2012 4:39:52 AM by napscoordinator
Ah, the “equalizer” talking point straight from the Obama White House.
I am sure that was a cut and paste from someone else. Although I do hate Romney so I might have typed it....August? lol. I knew Romney was a failure from day one and you Romney lovers slobbering all over him made me sick. You ruined 2012 election completely! Anyway what I said is true by the way even if you are taking a few sentences to make your agenda just like you liberals do all the time.
Trump was a complete fool and assisted in costing us the election by his STUPID nonsense
Oh! and YOU did WHAT?.. did you do anything?..
I think Trump did much more than YOU...
Could be you are still doing NOTHING!...
Except slander those that try to “DO” something..
What is your plans for the future?.. Vote some other RINO?...
Even Ron Paul tried to “DO SOMETHING”.. Naps...
napscoordinator, direct or implied support for Obama, invalid blame on cut-and-paste, “equalizer” propaganda... such behavior is not well tolerated here from what I have observed — but I certainly do not pretend to speak for the owner of FR (please forgive me if I am speaking out of place, thank you).
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