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brooklynite

(94,745 posts)
Tue May 31, 2016, 04:22 PM May 2016

YES, Donald Trump DID contribute to Veterans' Groups....LAST WEEK

Under pressure to account for money he claimed to raise for veterans, an irritated Donald Trump lambasted the news media Tuesday for pressing the issue and listed charities he said have now received millions of dollars from a fundraiser he held in January.

Phone calls to all 41 of the groups by The Associated Press brought more than two-dozen responses Tuesday. About half reported checks from Trump within the past week, typically dated May 24, the day The Washington Post published a story questioning whether he had distributed all of the money.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/44c48343f6244ea58768180a94d09429/trump-detail-fundraising-veterans-charities

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YES, Donald Trump DID contribute to Veterans' Groups....LAST WEEK (Original Post) brooklynite May 2016 OP
Funny how suddenly his campaign is now broke, too. herding cats May 2016 #1
That Republican MF from New Hampshire, Al Baldasaro LiberalFighter May 2016 #2
Drumpf is a very bad person (to use his phrasing), and yet he is what Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #3
I glad we finally got some money out of the gangster. Teflon don still at large! Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #4
Yup, that damning WaPo story last week forced Trump to cough up millions to Vets, and he is pissed. SunSeeker May 2016 #5
I need to see the canceled checks gratuitous May 2016 #6

LiberalFighter

(51,104 posts)
2. That Republican MF from New Hampshire, Al Baldasaro
Tue May 31, 2016, 04:26 PM
May 2016

called the vets protesting Trump political pawns.

It would appear that Baldasaro was the political pawn.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
3. Drumpf is a very bad person (to use his phrasing), and yet he is what
Tue May 31, 2016, 04:28 PM
May 2016

you know who aspires to.

His not donating, cheating on his taxes or moving his money to avoid taxes, etc., makes him look better to that group.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
4. I glad we finally got some money out of the gangster. Teflon don still at large!
Tue May 31, 2016, 04:35 PM
May 2016

He loaned himself everything spent on his campaign, to date. He will sell out to the RNC and change his script, later.

SunSeeker

(51,727 posts)
5. Yup, that damning WaPo story last week forced Trump to cough up millions to Vets, and he is pissed.
Tue May 31, 2016, 05:23 PM
May 2016

He lashed out at the press like a petulant child today.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. I need to see the canceled checks
Tue May 31, 2016, 07:17 PM
May 2016

Long form, of course. I wouldn't trust Trump any farther than I could throw one of his ugly-ass buildings.

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