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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump 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 wasnt so sure.
Asked by a reporter if she knew whether Trumps donation would be coming from his own money or from the Trump Foundation, Sanders dodged.
I havent had a chance to do that, she said, suggesting she hadnt yet had a chance to ask the president where the money would be coming from.
During the campaign, reporting by the Washington Posts David Fahrenthold and others demonstrated that Trump treated his foundation which he hadnt 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
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Doodley
(9,078 posts)1. Remember, there are eleven-thousand millions in eleven billion
Trump claims he is worth eleven billion, so his "offer" of a million is like somebody worth one hundred thousand giving 90 cents.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. good thing the good people of Texas weren't counting on Trump
Hieronymus
(6,039 posts)3. Huge surprise.
madaboutharry
(40,201 posts)4. Donald Trump is a miser.
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.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)5. Maybe he could turn it into a small loan of a million dollars?
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)6. Someone should just say, right in from of Ms. Sanders
that they think he doesn't have any personal money.
disalitervisum
(470 posts)7. trump lol
Couldn't build a screen door without floating a loan. Just like his worthless son-in-law.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)8. What A Rotten Person He Is
I see no redeeming aspects to this rotten excuse for a human being.
hunter
(38,309 posts)9. 25,000 red caps at $40 each. That ought to do it...
... donated to any victim who will have them.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)10. Russia refused his loan request.