My Trump-Loving Aunt Just Posted Some BS. Help Me Smack It Down.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

She just posted some BS meme about how #Dolt45 is giving $1 million of HIS OWN MONEY to the Harvey relief effort, and then it gives a little dig at the bottom about, "You don't see the Obamas, the Clintons, or any of the rich Democrats in Congress doing that."

I know that they're already backing off of their own story that the $1 million is coming out of his own personal money, but does anyone have any info on how much the Obamas, Clintons, et al. have given? Because if I know the Obamas OR the Clintons AT ALL, I know for a fact they've given. Can anyone help me smack this bull excrement down?

By the way, this particular Aunt is a real scumbag who I won't even associate with in person. She spent several years living with and taking care of my grandparents (instead of working, by the way), and after they died, we found out that she'd been scamming them out of all their money right up to and beyond their deaths. She even took valuable family heirlooms and hid them from the rest of the family and then claimed she never saw them. After my grandparents died and she had lost her meal ticket, her last act before moving back to Arizona (oh, and by the way, she often talks about how she lived in Maricopa County and LOVED Sheriff Joe Assholio) was to give a fake forwarding address to all my grandparents' remaining creditors, essentially defrauding them out of money they were owed from my grandparents' estate (my dad found out about it and ratted her out). Now she's apparently "found Jesus" and is a hardcore RWer and religious kook. She still doesn't work. She lives with her daughter and fakes having fibromyalgia so she can get a disability check every month. A real "walk it like you talk it" RWer, as you can see, right? So you can see why I want to shut her up so badly.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Is it really worth the effort? You won't change her mind,

no matter what facts you offer. I have a SIL like that, and finally I just stopped responding to her bullshit entirely. People like that aren't worth the heartburn they produce.

[orleans]

2. ask her if trump is so great

why is he only "saying" he'll give 1 million (he hasn't done it yet btw)
when he was willing to cough up 5 million for obama's birth certificate

(google it)

[madaboutharry]

3. First of all

the White House backed up on where the donation was coming from, Sarah Sanders side stepped the questions about it.

Secondly, she has no knowledge of who is giving what. Many people choose not to announce donations and quietly give.

This lady sounds hopeless to me. You would probably be wasting your time trying to reason with her.

[dalton99a]

4. Guaranteed to be a waste of your time.

[elleng]

5. Obama Donated Over $1 Million To Charity As President.

Here's Where The Money Went.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/02/06/obama-donated-over-1-million-to-charity-as-president-heres-where-the-money-went/#20a29a2c459e

Obama announces $2M donation to Chicago summer jobs programs.

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/331788-obamas-donating-2m-to-chicago-summer-jobs-programs

[VMA131Marine]

6. Obama released his tax returns while he was President

and probably for many years before. In 2014, the Obama's donated 14.8% of their $477,383 AGI to charity. You should be able to search for the other years.

[Leith]

7. The Clinton Foundation

Gives money for health issues and economic development.

Ask your aunt what tRump did for Haiti or AIDS in Africa.

[marylandblue]

8. All of Clintons tax returns are still on her website

For 2015, they gave about $1,000,000 out of a gross income of $10,000,000. So we know exactly what they gave. We've never seen Trump's returns, so we don't know his income or how much he actually contributed. David Farenthold did a great article on Trump doesn't give money he promises to give. But if Trump's claimed wealth of $10 billion is correct, if he donated just 1% of that per year, that would be $100 million and you'd think that amount of money would show up somewhere.


https://www.hillaryclinton.com/page/tax-returns/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-boasts-of-his-philanthropy-but-his-giving-falls-short-of-his-words/2016/10/29/b3c03106-9ac7-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html?utm_term=.b112eab46f1a

[Thor_MN]

19. Give the above and ask her to provide the same proof that Trum has ever given a dime to any charity,

from his own money. Trump Foundation money does not count, that is other people's money, laundered into Trump's own pockets via payments to his golf courses for "charity" events.

Trump does not give to charity, he believes he himself is much more worthy of the money.

[a kennedy]

9. and really a million dollars??? isn't he supposed to worth billions???

So why did he ONLY give a million?? Ask her that?? Ugh.....billionaires only giving a million dollars...... They should be giving at least 10 million.

[Hamlette]

17. Tell her it is like her giving $10

I read that his donation if he makes it, would be like a family makin &100,000 giving $100. So if she is on disability it is like $10. A good thing to do but hardly heroic.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. just tell her that nothing else he has ever said was the truth, so why believe this?

by the way - there is likely no way to reach true trumpers. they are lost...they are gone.

[dflprincess]

11. I haven't heard what the Obamas or Clintons may have donated

but then, they probably don't feel the need to brag about it like Trump does.

[Kajun Gal]

12. Crazy Aunt

Turn her in for fraud. That's what "her" pres would want.

[Quixote1818]

13. He promised to give 1 million for Hurricane Sandy and NEVER gave anything!

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-hurricane-harvey-donation-no-way-658367

[Bleacher Creature]

14. This Tweet perfectly captures how one should view Trump's promise.

Link to tweet

[A-Schwarzenegger]

15. BLOCK, that's what it's for

why would you have anything to do with the person you describe?

[Aristus]

16. Forget it.

She will never change her mind.

Just keep on choppin' brah-co-layyyyyy!

[Rincewind]

18. Well, lets see,

trump promised to donate $1 million to the VA. They never saw a dime. He also promised to donate $1 million to hurricane Sandy relief. They never saw a dime. So, it don't look too good for Harvey relief.