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Trump will donate $1 million to Harvey relief

iguanaman said:
I will believe Trump when his check is cashed. He is notorious for "donating" other peoples money and suing his contractors instead of paying them.
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I think he has been caught saying he is donating and then doesn't. I hope he means this.
 
reinoe said:
Obama hasn't given anything and the Clintons probably think the residents of Houston owe are indebted to them.
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Former President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he and his wife, Michelle, are donating $2 million to summer jobs programs in Chicago.

“One of the things that we’ll be starting this year is Michelle and I are personally going to donate $2 million to our summer jobs programs here in the community,” he said at the South Shore Cultural Center. "[It's] so that right away young people can get to work and we can start providing opportunities to all of them.”
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http://thehill.com/homenews/news/331788-obamas-donating-2m-to-chicago-summer-jobs-programs

Keep in mind that Obama is nowhere near as rich as Trump.
 
Kal'Stang said:
Did I mention Obama? Or Clinton? Nope, I didn't.
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So you didn't know that there was another president before Clinton and there was another president between Clinton and Obama you should probably look this up.
 
I wonder if Bill Clinton will offer up a nice warm bed to any displaced strippers.

Hillary can offer up her wardrobe to anyone who lost their Dr Evil cosplay costume
 
I thought this was a fake picture but it's real. Before this donation, he donated almost none of his own money. Maybe he was visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future?

This is the guy who is going to drain the swamp and save the American laborers. LOL.

I have to give him credit for being the greatest con man in American history.

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bearpoker said:
It is a good if he follows through, especially if he does it with prompting by WaPo, like last time. Trump is better at bragging than paying.
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Those of you on the left sound upset that he pledged the donation at all.
 
iguanaman said:
I will believe Trump when his check is cashed. He is notorious for "donating" other peoples money and suing his contractors instead of paying them.
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He's only famous because the press has focused on his billion dollar businesses and the THOUSANDS of contracts he's entered into. If all the hoopla were true? Explain to me what anyone would do business with him. Know what? You can't.
 
ObamacareFail said:
Those of you on the left sound upset that he pledged the donation at all.
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I think it's good that he donated. It's just absurd to hear his fans (I'm going to start calling them fans now) are acting like he's Andrew Carnegie or something. He's probably the cheapest, greediest billionaire in America. Donates almost nothing to charity. His donations are all just ways to get tax deductions without giving anything. He actions off rounds of golf at his courses. What does that really cost him?

Again, let's not pretend that he has a heart.

Donald Trump Accepted Public Thanks for Donating to 9/11 Charity in Months After Attacks, But City Review Finds No Evidence He Did So

Just please don't try to compare Trump's philanthropy to any living human being. It's laughable.

He's a cold ruthless lying businessman. That's who he is. I thought that's what you guys wanted.
 
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SonOfDaedalus said:
I think it's good that he donated. It's just absurd to hear his fans (I'm going to start calling them fans now) are acting like he's Andrew Carnegie or something. He's probably the cheapest, greediest billionaire in America. Donates almost nothing to charity. His donations are all just ways to get tax deductions without giving anything. He actions off rounds of golf at his courses. What does that really cost him?

Again, let's not pretend that he has a heart.

Donald Trump Accepted Public Thanks for Donating to 9/11 Charity in Months After Attacks, But City Review Finds No Evidence He Did So

Just please don't try to compare Trump's philanthropy to any living human being. It's laughable.

He's a cold ruthless lying businessman. That's who he is. I thought that's what you guys wanted.
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You have absolutely NO idea what he does or does not donate to charity. And if Leonardo DiCaprio, Facebook, Google and many others can publicize their generosity, so can he. Soooo partisan.
 
MaggieD said:
He's only famous because the press has focused on his billion dollar businesses and the THOUSANDS of contracts he's entered into. If all the hoopla were true? Explain to me what anyone would do business with him. Know what? You can't.
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Actually there is not a bank in New York that will touch him and he had trouble getting a lawyer in Washington because of his reputation for not paying them.

President Trump can’t find a top law firm that wants to represent him. He and his top aides have tried. They’ve looked around. They’ve had conference calls. But they got zip, nada, bupkis. The top litigators and their firms have various reasons why they won’t agree to represent the president of the United States. Here are some of them:

1. They won’t get paid.
2. Their client wouldn’t follow their advice.
3. They represent clients who have been or might be subpoenaed in money laundering aspects of the case.
4. It would destroy the image and reputation of their firm.
5. It would ‘kill’ efforts to recruit top lawyers to their firm.
6. They’ll be washing their hair that year (“I’m too busy to represent the POTUS.”)
7. He can’t be saved.
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Washington Monthly | Why No Lawyers Will Represent Trump
 
iguanaman said:
Actually there is not a bank in New York that will touch him and he had trouble getting a lawyer in Washington because of his reputation for not paying the

Washington Monthly | Why No Lawyers Will Represent Trump
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Where did this source get that information? Did Trump give them a list of the attys he called? Perhaps the law firms called Washington Monthly and volunteered that information? PULLEEZE! Why do people believe every anonymous source news bite they read??
 
MaggieD said:
You have absolutely NO idea what he does or does not donate to charity. And if Leonardo DiCaprio, Facebook, Google and many others can publicize their generosity, so can he. Soooo partisan.
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I know you're a big fan but is it really difficult for you to believe that Trump is....extremely selfish?

It's been investigated. No one can find any evidence of his generosity. Of course, he's never released his tax returns.

A Washington Post investigation into the Donald’s charitable donations over a five-year period—93 pages’ worth of 4,844 contributions—found that not a single one of those contributions came from his own money.
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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/04/donald-trump-charitable-donations-golf

Almost 5,000 contributions and not a single dollar from his own pocket.
 
MaggieD said:
Where did this source get that information? Did Trump give them a list of the attys he called? Perhaps the law firms called Washington Monthly and volunteered that information? PULLEEZE! Why do people believe every anonymous source news bite they read??
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They're pissed off because President Trump beat Clinton and Obama to the punch.

They have to meet it, or beat it. If not, they look like royal jackasses.
 
MaggieD said:
Where did this source get that information? Did Trump give them a list of the attys he called? Perhaps the law firms called Washington Monthly and volunteered that information? PULLEEZE! Why do people believe every anonymous source news bite they read??
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Right Maggie. They just made it up out of thin air because they hate Trump. Sometimes I wonder about Trump supporters. Do you ever tire of giving him the benefit of the doubt? Will you ever believe anything bad about him or is he perfect in every way?
 
SonOfDaedalus said:
I know you're a big fan but is it really difficult for you to believe that Trump is....extremely selfish?

It's been investigated. No one can find any evidence of his generosity. Of course, he's never released his tax returns.

Okay. I'm listening. Explain where these,contributions came from and how ANYONE tied them to Trump
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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/04/donald-trump-charitable-donations-golf

Almost 5,000 contributions and not a single dollar from his own pocket.
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If you've never owned a business, you don't understand... when one owns a business, they don't make individual contributions. Their businesses make the contributions with pre-tax dollars. It's what any even HALF-way intelligent businessman would do. Hismtaxmreturns would how ZERO donations. That's what I did for 25 years, and it's what EVERY business does.
 
iguanaman said:
Right Maggie. They just made it up out of thin air because they hate Trump. Sometimes I wonder about Trump supporters. Do you ever tire of giving him the benefit of the doubt?
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I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt. YOURE not giving him the benefit of the doubt. And they make it up because it sells.
 
SonOfDaedalus said:
Is it $1 million dollars in Trump golf course vouchers?
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Thats a good line and it made me laugh based on his past track record. But if this legit, lets give the man credit and pat him on the back ........... for this donation to a worthy cause.
 
He's asking the horrible terrible fake news people to choose which charity. How odd.
 
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