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Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 11:58 AM Nov 2016

Fahrenthold about to tweet 6 mysteries ab Donald Trump giving to charity

https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/793480472244412417


1/With one week left before the election, there are 6 mysteries about @realDonaldTrump's giving to charity I haven't been able to solve...
2/But, knowing you folks, we may have them all solved by the end of lunch. Here goes...



Waiting! Will post them as soon as he does!
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Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
1. 3/In 2014, @realDonaldTrump pledged $100K to @UnitedHatzalah, an Israeli EMS service. Did he pay? No
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:00 PM
Nov 2016
3/In 2014, @realDonaldTrump pledged $100K to @UnitedHatzalah, an Israeli EMS service. Did he pay? No $ from Trump Fdn. U.H. no-commented.

True Dough

(17,254 posts)
2. I don't think too many Drumpf supporters
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:02 PM
Nov 2016

care one lick about charity. So as valid as these tweets may be, they will likely only serve to infuriate those of us who already abhor Don the Con. Oh, and there are the "independents," but I really question the morality of anyone who hasn't yet been persuaded that Trump is a second-rate carnival barker who would be entirely incompetent in the White House.

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
3. Uh oh...I don't think some of Trump's anti-Jewish supporters will like that first donation
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:05 PM
Nov 2016

They think that organization United Hatzalah is tied to Mossad and there is a conspiracy theory that comes up in searching google a bit that accuses that organization reps of being involved or having previous knowledge of recent major terror attacks by ISIS.

Yowza...

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
4. 4/In 2010, buddy Stewart Rahr "volunteered" Trump for a $100K gift to the Buoniconti Project. Did he
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:07 PM
Nov 2016

4/In 2010, buddy Stewart Rahr "volunteered" Trump for a $100K gift to the Buoniconti Project. Did he pay? Dunno. Trump Fdn. didn't.




https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/793480472244412417
 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
5. 5/In '14, @realDonaldTrump made Ice Bucket Challenge video. Did he donate to ALS research? Dunno. Tr
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:09 PM
Nov 2016
5/In '14, @realDonaldTrump made Ice Bucket Challenge video. Did he donate to ALS research? Dunno. Trump Fdn. didn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=fxDAyUiXphg



https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/793484667009859584

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
6. 6/And where is the signed @timtebow helmet that @realdonaldtrump bought with money meant for charity
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:11 PM
Nov 2016
6/And where is the signed @timtebow helmet that @realdonaldtrump bought with money meant for charity?

https://t.co/eKXYHr1P2Z


Donald Trump used money donated for charity to buy himself a Tim Tebow-signed football helmet


Did Donald Trump violate IRS rules, by using a charity's money to buy himself a signed football helmet?

Four years ago, at a charity fundraiser in Palm Beach, Donald Trump got into a bidding war at the evening's live auction. The items up for sale: A Denver Broncos helmet, autographed by then-star quarterback Tim Tebow, and a Tebow jersey.

Trump won, eventually, with a bid of $12,000. Afterward, he posed with the helmet. His purchase made gossip-column news: a flourish of generosity, by a mogul with money to burn. "The Donald giveth, and The Donald payeth," wrote the Palm Beach Daily News. "Blessed be the name of The Donald."

But Trump didn't actually pay with his own money.

Instead, the Susan G. Komen organization — the breast-cancer nonprofit that hosted the party — got a $12,000 payment from another nonprofit , the Donald J. Trump Foundation


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/01/donald-trump-used-money-donated-for-charity-to-buy-himself-a-tim-tebow-signed-football-helmet/
 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
7. 7/If @realdonaldtrump gave personal gifts to these grps, I could change this page. After 420-plus ph
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:13 PM
Nov 2016
7/If @realdonaldtrump gave personal gifts to these grps, I could change this page. After 420-plus phone calls, it hasn't changed since June.



https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/793485526523322369
 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
8. Dammit. If Clinton was paying me millions, it must have gone to @farenthold. I haven't seen a penny!
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:15 PM
Nov 2016
Dammit. If Clinton was paying me millions, it must have gone to @farenthold. I haven't seen a penny!

https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/793486250174996480
 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
9. 8/Forgot a mystery. In '02, @realDonaldTrump promised $1M-plus to @UnitedWay. Trump Fdn paid only
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 01:14 PM
Nov 2016
8/Forgot a mystery. In '02, @realDonaldTrump promised $1M-plus to @UnitedWay. Trump Fdn paid only $500K. Not clear if Trump paid the rest.




https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/793489884677890048
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