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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 07:21 PM Sep 2017

Trump already wiggling out of promise to donate $1 million of his own money to Harvey victims.

https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-walks-back-trumps-promise-to-give-1-million-of-his-personal-money-to-harvey-victims-4691cf5e6dd6/

On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that President Trump would donate $1 million of his “personal money” to Hurricane Harvey victims. But on Friday, she wasn’t so sure.

Asked by a reporter if she knew whether Trump’s donation would be “coming from his own money or from the Trump Foundation,” Sanders dodged.

“I haven’t had a chance to do that,” she said, suggesting she hadn’t yet had a chance to ask the president where the money would be coming from.

During the campaign, reporting by the Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold and others demonstrated that Trump treated his foundation — which he hadn’t personally donated to since 2008 — like a personal expense account. Trump was also shown to have repeatedly exaggerated his giving.
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Trump already wiggling out of promise to donate $1 million of his own money to Harvey victims. (Original Post) DetlefK Sep 2017 OP
Remember, there are eleven-thousand millions in eleven billion Doodley Sep 2017 #1
good thing the good people of Texas weren't counting on Trump Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #2
Huge surprise. Hieronymus Sep 2017 #3
Donald Trump is a miser. madaboutharry Sep 2017 #4
Maybe he could turn it into a small loan of a million dollars? Downtown Hound Sep 2017 #5
Someone should just say, right in from of Ms. Sanders greymattermom Sep 2017 #6
trump lol disalitervisum Sep 2017 #7
What A Rotten Person He Is colsohlibgal Sep 2017 #8
25,000 red caps at $40 each. That ought to do it... hunter Sep 2017 #9
Russia refused his loan request. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #10

Doodley

(9,078 posts)
1. Remember, there are eleven-thousand millions in eleven billion
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 07:24 PM
Sep 2017

Trump claims he is worth eleven billion, so his "offer" of a million is like somebody worth one hundred thousand giving 90 cents.

madaboutharry

(40,201 posts)
4. Donald Trump is a miser.
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 07:27 PM
Sep 2017

He is a miser, except when it comes to himself. His miserly ways control the way he relates to the world. His lack of generosity extends beyond money. He also is void of emotional generosity.

Trump is a monster.

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