Shallow Waters of Trump Criticism. I detect spawning!
Posted on 03/04/2016 9:02:46 PM PST by Steelfish
Very sad that you would vote for a guy that funds homo child rape. Sickening.
If your son needed a special surgery but there was a politician standing in the way of him having it because you didn't have a permit to have the surgery done, you would quickly open your wallet.
There is a thin line, if any, between bribe and political donations.
The thing is, if you don't understand this, you can't really understand why big government is evil, you only get it theoretically, and you probably think if you were a Jew in Nazi Germany, that you'd be too pure to pay a guy to let you cross the border.
I am specifically picking an overly dramatic situation. When it comes to business, if you can't build your 800M skyscraper without contributing to the current government to not-prevent-it-by-force - i.e. 'permits' - be it a democrat, republican, fascist or communist government, you quickly find that you give to whatever government is in power.
Then, when you run for office to try to make the country friendly to pure capitalism, beandog starts calling you names, as if you are equal to the government you paid off.
Grow up!
Trump knows about the deeply rooted corruption and rot in government and how they are shakedown artists and as you said, anyone in business has to play the game or get out of business. He didn’t like it but there was no other way. He wants to change it.
Gen. Patton had very rough edges, used foul language and was no saint but he was a good general. We need the equivalent and clearly Trump is the equivalent. We need a pres with REAL LIFE experience in the fields Trump has, and no other candidate has any at all.
Phony fake Troll. In the early days of FR you would be zotted.
I noticed that one days ago. IMHO hired/or volunteer commiepuke DU type.
I saw the 30 second video of that interview. He brushed aside the female pervert’s question and went right to his real point. He was being polite to the pervert and that was clear. I suppose some people would prefer that he said “You are a disgusting sick pervert and you are dead to me”.
He has clearly said he wants SCOTUS to reverse their “gay marriage” decision.
What did he say at the rally that was appalling? I’d like to know.
Waiting for what lie Trump comes up with on this.
Shallow Waters of Trump Criticism. I detect spawning!
So you are saying the establishment, the GOPe has a better candidate so we should go with that guy...That's the same fable you guys pushed with Romney, McCain, Bush, Dole, etc...
I would say most of us Trump supporters voted against your establishment primary GOPe candidates in primaries past but this time a candidate who appeals to Independants and some conservative Democrats as well took the stage...
We have been watching the corruption go on for years and years...We have been watching the CFR control the politicians in our country to lead us to the New World Order and the elimination of the sovereignty of the United States of America...Cruz and his wife have been working towards this NWO scheme in the political realm since they exited college...
Trump may not be perfect or even far from it but he is anti-NWO, anti-Izlam, anti-illegal immigration, anti-unfair trade, anti-war for money; all the things the NWO Republican and Democrat Parties stand for...In a word, Trump is Pro-America...And this is our last stand...
We agree on the corruption issue. I’m sick and tired of politicians who come to D.C. broke and leave wealthy. Look at Clinton or Reid, and how they have become rich peddling and selling their influence.
Here’s the 990 for the Martin B. Greenberg Foundation:
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/510/352/2013-510352079-0ae5123c-F.pdf
Great post, Gluteus! This is war.
There are many who call themselves Christians who ignore the teachings and judge others.
trump has my undivided loyalty in the generals.
but i’m for Cruz till then.
yeah, I know it looks really good for Trump.
if so, he’s my guy.
You are right. Trump said he loves “the least educated” These are Trumpkins who vote by instinct, not by brains and Trump knows them because he is one of them.
The even sadder part is that Trump knows his followers are a bunch of suckers. That the Trumpkins have fallen for a con-man, snake oil salesman, and an utter vulgarian, is a reflection of our culture. He despises the Trumpkins in his own inimitable way by saying he loves “the least educated.”
Thanks! I just skimmed through it. It looks like they bought and sold quite a few properties in a short time in 2013. Also the biggest donation was to the Hofstra University Lacrosse Team. It wasn’t much for the year this was done, but the projection was to give them $100,000 the following year.
You obviously haven’t ever watched the Apprentice. The winners get to pick the charity they want money donated to. They choose their own favorite; Trump has nothing to do with the choices other than to pay the bill on behest of the Apprentice winner.
No. The celebrities who participate on the show donate their “winnings” to their stated charity of choice. It is actually NBC/and or the producers of Celebrity Apprentice (Mark Burnett) who instead of writing a check for the winnings to the “celebrity”, they write a check to the “celebrity’s chosen charity.
On "The Celebrity Apprentice," contestants donate their winnings to charities -- more than $15 million overall to date, according to the network.
"Donald made it clear that he wanted 'The Celebrity Apprentice' to be able to continue to raise millions of dollars annually for worthy causes, and now NBC and I have found an amazing new leader to do just that," executive producer Mark Burnett said.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/14/media/arnold-schwarzenegger-apprentice-nbc/
See my post # 195.
I do find it strange however that most of the gifts on the 2012 990 that match the charities chosen by the 2012 Celebrity Apprentice contestants were for $10,000. Arsenio Hall won and raised 522,100 for the Magic Johnson Foundation and Clay Aiken came in 2nd and raised 361,500 for his charity National Inclusion Project and the Donald J. Trump Foundation lists $10,000 contribution to each but Aubrey O'Day who finished 3rd and only raised 50,000 for Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) but the 990 shows Trump’s foundation donating $20,000 to GLSEN.
http://pdfs.citizenaudit.org/2013_12_PF/13-3404773_990PF_201212.pdf
Perhaps Donald Trump has some sort of agreement or arrangement with NBC and the celebrity contestants to make a $10,000 matching donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation (because it is obvious that the full amount raised for the contestants’ charities are not funneled through his foundation, otherwise it would be for a lot more – see chart below), however, that still doesn’t explain why GLSEN got more, twice as much ($20,000) from Trump’s foundation than the charities of either the winner or second place finisher in 2012 and whose charities got $10,000. It appears that the Donald J. Trump Foundation donated to the charities of the top 7 finishers of 2012, all getting $10,000 except for GLSEN who got $20,000. Why?
|
Celebrity |
Charity |
Raised |
Donald J. Trump Foundation |
|
Arsenio Hall |
Magic Johnson Foundation |
$522,100.00 |
$10,000.00 |
|
Clay Aiken |
National Inclusion Project |
$361,500.00 |
$10,000.00 |
|
Aubrey O'Day |
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network |
$50,000.00 |
$20,000.00 |
|
Lisa Lampanelli |
Gay Men's Health Crisis |
$130,000.00 |
$10,000.00 |
|
Teresa Giudice |
The NephCure Foundation |
$70,000.00 |
$10,000.00 |
|
Dayana Mendoza |
Latino Commission on AIDS |
$30,000.00 |
$10,000.00 |
|
Penn Jillette |
Opportunity Village |
$50,000.00 |
$10,000.00 |
BTW – About GLSEN (a “worthy cause”):
http://www.glsen.org/learn/about-glsen
We accomplish our goals by working in hallways across the country -- from Congress and the Department of Education to schools and district offices in your community -- to improve school climate and champion LGBT issues in K-12 education.
If Trump was really a man of principles, and completely in control of the TV show, he could have some say and some control over the charities chosen by the celebrity contestants (allow them to pick from a pre-screened list or at least disallow any dubious or immoral charities like GLSEN all together) or at least not agree to make a $10 or $20k donation from his own foundation. But no. He has no moral or ethical or any consistent political ideology (certainly not a conservative ideology).
So as a result of this, I would never donate even a single penny to the Donald J. Trump Foundation and if I donate to a charity - a veterans’ organization, I will do so directly.
If so please explain why the article says this donation is listed as part of Trump’s tax return and not the apprentice winners.
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