The Donald J. Trump Foundation

[knapplc]

The Donald J. Trump Foundation purports to give millions to charity. Typically, foundations like this are nearly entirely supported by the person whose name graces the letterhead. Not so of the Donald J. Trump Foundation, whose coffers are full of other people's money. Problem is, The Donald's foundation isn't giving money. For certain not Donald's money.

 

This is growing every day, thanks in large part to the unending efforts by David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post (a known Liberal rag!).

Here's the headline from Fahrenthold's summary page:

Searching for evidence of Trump’s personal giving

The Washington Post has contacted more than 250 charities with some ties to the GOP nominee in an effort to find proof of the millions he has said he donated to them. We’ve mostly been unsuccessful.

For months, The Washington Post has been looking for evidence to back up a key claim Donald Trump makes about himself: that, in recent years, he has given millions of dollars to charity out of his own pocket. There is no evidence of that in the files of Trump's nonprofit, the Donald J. Trump Foundation. And Trump has not released his tax returns, which would detail his recent charitable giving.

In an effort to find proof of Trump's personal giving, The Post has contacted more than 250 charities with some ties to the GOP nominee. Some got money from the Trump Foundation (). In other cases, Trump had a personal connection () to the charity or its leaders . Some were charities that DonorSearch database records () indicated he might have given to. A variety of other reasons () included media mentions, gala attendance, or involvement with Trump's TV show "Celebrity Apprentice."

 

Today, Fahrenthold posted this:

Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems

Donald Trump spent more than a quarter-million dollars from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits that involved the billionaire’s for-profit businesses, according to interviews and a review of legal documents.

Those cases, which together used $258,000 from Trump’s charity, were among four newly documented expenditures in which Trump may have violated laws against “self-dealing” — which prohibit nonprofit leaders from using charity money to benefit themselves or their businesses.

In one case, from 2007, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club faced $120,000 in unpaid fines from the town of Palm Beach, Fla., resulting from a dispute over the size of a flagpole.

In a settlement, Palm Beach agreed to waive those fines — if Trump’s club made a $100,000 donation to a specific charity for veterans. Instead, Trump sent a check from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, a charity funded almost entirely by other people’s money, according to tax records.

 

 

[zoogs]

When The Donald is elected president, he'll crush these petty critics.

[BigRedBuster]

All you have to do is look at his tax returns.

[knapplc]

All you have to do is look at his tax returns.

 

Funny story about those tax returns....

[JJ Husker]

But but but....he'll build a wall and get others to pay for it. Seems he's good at getting others to pay for stuff for him.

[TGHusker]

Its the Art of the Deal - use others, get the credit.

[BigRedBuster]

[Danny Bateman]

Good journalism has also noted the following items being paid for with the DJT foundation coffers:

 

• $12K autographed Tim Tebow helmet for personal use
• $20K six-foot tall painting of Trump himself... for personal use
• $25K "gift" to PAC supporting Florida AG Pam Bondi for reelection WHILE she was investigating/considering bringing class-action suit against Trump University

[Red Five]

 

https://twitter.com/drewmagary/status/778247027226447872

[Danny Bateman]

Add another painting to the list.

 

[Red Five]

Instead of providing paperwork to disprove any of this or answer many of the questions asked, the Trump Campaign basically released a statement calling Fahrenthold a liar and saying The Clinton Foundation is evil.

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/296965-trump-camp-no-intent-or-motive-for-trump-foundation-to

[NM11046]

I decided at the gym this morning that to supplement my income I'm going to whip up some life sized posters of Don and then sell them to his Foundation.

[NM11046]

Instead of providing paperwork to disprove any of this or answer many of the questions asked, the Trump Campaign basically released a statement calling Fahrenthold a liar and saying The Clinton Foundation is evil.

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/296965-trump-camp-no-intent-or-motive-for-trump-foundation-to

All this bs would be cleared up if he'd just released his taxes. I heard the NY Attny General is actually investigating the Foundation for this now, so that should be interesting.

 

I'm betting we start seeing tweets like, "Boring NY Attny General is unfairly accusing me of what Crooked Hillary does everyday when she doesn't get up and go to work because she has a brain tumor and I have HUGE rally's, the NY Times, Washington Post and CNN are failing SAD!!"

[QMany]

https://twitter.com/drewmagary/status/778247027226447872

These are often done through insurance agreements during charity tournaments. I was participating in one last week and the sign read "167 yards minimum regardless of where tees are located" in the smallest print possible. The tournament was played from the white tee boxes and it only measured 162. Sure enough, exactly 5 yards behind, hidden from sight unless you tripped over it or were searching were two blue tee boxes in the gunch!

 

This happens. Trump is deplorable, but this isn't on him.

[Danny Bateman]

Instead of providing paperwork to disprove any of this or answer many of the questions asked, the Trump Campaign basically released a statement calling Fahrenthold a liar and saying The Clinton Foundation is evil.

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/296965-trump-camp-no-intent-or-motive-for-trump-foundation-to

 

It's actually happening with all their surrogates as well. They're trying to go out and pushback on this with sheer ad-hominem. I have yet to see them factually dispute a single line of what he wrote-- because they can't.