TRUMP WILL DONATE $1 MILLION TO HARVEY RELIEF

[left-of-center2012]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Donald Trump is pledging $1 million in personal funds to Harvey storm relief efforts.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the announcement at a briefing Thursday.

And she says he's calling on reporters (the liars and fake news?) to help decide which specific organization he will give to.

Trump has been criticized in the past for giving far less of his income to charitable causes than many other multi-billionaires.
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Didn't he "donate" a million dollars to some veterans group as a candidate,
and didn't pay until shamed into it by social media?

[irisblue]

1. bout damn time

asshole.
really, this is fucking late.
and since we will never see his tax returns, I don't know if I believe it.

[dalton99a]

2. Given his long sordid record, it doesn't mean a fucking thing. Show us the money

[onecent]

3. Don't get your hopes up....

Trump has never benefited ANY CAUSE, UNLESS it's his cause....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. He never donates to charity, unless it's by using other people's money

and then taking credit for it.

[groundloop]

43. 'XACTLY.... it'll come from one of his 'foundations' (which are other people's money)

He's been criticized for that in the past, bragging about donating YUUUUGE amounts of money when in reality it was from one of his foundations and not a red cent of it came from his pocket.

I'm not impressed.

[arthritisR_US]

5. I wonder which charity foundation he'll be taking it from?

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. So he says. So far nothing he has said is true, ever, nothing.

[ecstatic]

7. We need to see the check/transfer after it's processed by the bank.

Trump gets away with lying when there is no follow up.

[NurseJackie]

8. Meaningless. Words only. Never gonna happen. Never.

[left-of-center2012]

9. Maybe it'll be in the form of MAGA hats

[mythology]

14. That was my immediate thought

[Pope George Ringo II]

21. Or portraits of himself?

[syringis]

10. Personal funds?

Je demande à voir pour le croire...et encore...

What does he call "personal funds"? the money he owe to the Russians?

[MrsCoffee]

30. From his personal charity slush fund that is.

[syringis]

36. It is the most probable hypothesis

I wouldn't believe that man even if he says water is wet...

[mopinko]

41. i thought schneiderman had that locked down.

he wont make good on it until 6 months from now when he gets shamed into it.

[iluvtennis]

11. Yep, your memeory is perfect about the donation to the vets. He held some rally events...

...where the proceeds were to go to the vets. It never happened until an investigative reported researched the donations and found they never occurred. He's a grifter and a con man.

I'll believe the money goes to Houston when verified.

BTW, how about the 1B he took away from the FEMA budget for Houston to go the the build a wall fund. I want him to return that money to Houston relief fund

[anneboleyn]

32. Exactly. That was during the campaign, and of course the media carried the whole "fundraiser" live

It was such a painfully obvious play for attention and votes. He was later called out for not giving the money away so they held some idiot press conference to clean up the mess. I still can't believe people voted for this scumbag. Seriously.

[Doreen]

12. Yeah, right. ( eyes rolling )

[Frustratedlady]

13. Bets are on! I can't picture him following through on this, but...

Maybe he's thinking the red caps will finance that offer.

I don't trust him any further than I can see him.

[exboyfil]

15. Democrat politicians should be

quietly making contributions as their wealth allows it right now.

Wait to be attacked for not contributing. Then bring up the proof.

[Hekate]

16. Biodegradable barnyard byproducts. He never follows through. nt

[NCjack]

17. He will ask for the public to join in his gift and send the money

to the Trump Charity. If the donation he receives exceed $2 Million, he might pass along $1 Million to a real charity.

[Sanity Claws]

18. Haha

Sure.
I wonder if he thinks Harvey is the big white rabbit.

[Maeve]

19. Bet I end up giving more than Donny does in the end

I actually gave $100 the other day.

[CozyMystery]

20. That is .00025 of $4 billion net worth

If your net worth is $1 million, that would be a $250 comparable donation.

If your net worth is $500,000, that would be $125.

If your net worth is $300,000, that would be $75.

While I'm sure every dollar is appreciated, Trump's $1 million donation is nothing to crow about.

Mark 12:41-44New International Version (NIV)
The Widow’s Offering

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

[Initech]

26. Yeah he's probably got that much stashed under his couch!

[Bleacher Creature]

28. His net worth isn't anywhere near 4 billion.

Some publication, maybe Forbes?, estimated his net worth to be below a billion. And remember, the reason Russia owns him was because he needed money and no one in the U.S. would lend to him.

[CozyMystery]

29. Didn't Trump say he is worth $4 billion?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/19/we-still-dont-know-donald-trumps-net-worth-we-do-know-it-probably-isnt-what-he-claims/?utm_term=.7795e1fd21d8

That $8.7 billion figure was as of June 2014, he declared when he launched his campaign in June 2015. By the time he filed his personal financial disclosure, he declared that his net worth had grown to "TEN BILLION DOLLARS," in the all-caps used in the campaign's announcement. His disclosure this year [2016] put the figure at "in excess of" $10 billion.

[Bleacher Creature]

31. I think so, which is further proof that figure is way off. NT

[CozyMystery]

33. Well, I was wrong. In 2016 he said his net worth is $10 billion. (see my post above)

Stock market is up ... what's not to believe? /sarc

[anneboleyn]

35. Why in the fuck would we trust what Trump claims about his worth?

[CozyMystery]

38. I trust it only insofar as to use his own words to make my original point.

[BigmanPigman]

22. He and his family only know how to steal from charities andon'the lie about it.

[Shrike47]

23. He'll offer reduced cost nights at his hotel and resorts. $50 off the usual $700/night.

[B2G]

24. Good. Nt

[OldHippieChick]

25. He's using the press to stall. He thinks we won't remember and

truth be told, his true believers probably will not remember or care. He'll claim he never heard from the press. I hope the NYT, waPo, etc., publish what they are recommending to him.

[Atman]

27. He's just waiting for him to donate it to him first, so he can re-gift

You don't seriously believe he's going to donate $1, let alone $1mil, to anyone, do you?

[robertpaulsen]

34. "And so, to save Texas, I'm going to donate..."

That's who we have squatting in the White House, folks.

[Tanuki]

37. Why does he think it's the role or responsibility of reporters to make that decision?

[workinclasszero]

39. He stole it from us taxpayers

Just sayin.

[WinkyDink]

40. NO WAY is Trump giving away his OWN money. And how would anyone know, anyway? NO TAX RETURNS.

[Hieronymus]

42. Yes, amazing he calls on fakes and liars to make his decision.

[montanacowboy]

44. HE IS A FUCKING LIAR

and the media better not buy into this rancid shit of his

[Initech]

45. I'd be more interested if he opened one of his hotels as an evac shelter.

And you know he'll never do that.

[DiverDave]

46. bullshit

He won't give a nickle.
But, oh, the adulation from the knuckleheads.
Even if it is proven that the donation was never given.
These people are not sane.

[tavernier]

47. Nope.

I'm surprised he didn't say ten million or a billion, because all three will be the same amount, and it won't come to as much bread as the Mexican bakers.

[weydowner]

48. won't happen

I do hope the failing NYT and dishonest WP have enough staff to cover this act of generosity because, like all things Donald, it will become very drawn out and complicated and will display Mr Burns-like nastiness. If this is supposed to show the sweet affable Trump, I wonder why very few people believe him, even the rational right.
(I give up on his groupies)
Whatever happens, it will be jaw-dropping and show new depths of financial chicanery.