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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 09:10 AM Jul 2017

In 1989, Donald paid for his son's $7 Boy Scout registration fee with money donated by other people

to his charitable foundation.

"New findings, for instance, show that the Trump Foundation’s largest-ever gift — $264,631 — was used to renovate a fountain outside the windows of Trump’s Plaza Hotel.

Its smallest-ever gift, for $7, was paid to the Boy Scouts in 1989, at a time when it cost $7 to register a new Scout. Trump’s oldest son was 11 at the time. Trump did not respond to a question about whether the money was paid to register him."

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

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In 1989, Donald paid for his son's $7 Boy Scout registration fee with money donated by other people (Original Post) ehrnst Jul 2017 OP
The Boy Scouts have been linked to Trump for nearly 30 years Not Ruth Jul 2017 #1
Nonsense. n/t FSogol Jul 2017 #10
Meanwhile, those crooks at the Clinton Foundation use their donations to help needy people. tanyev Jul 2017 #2
Yep. ehrnst Jul 2017 #3
Needy people in Africa - helping with food and medicine no less. The horrors.... bettyellen Jul 2017 #7
Looks like he has been living off the foundation that far back. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2017 #4
Isn't that illegal?...Trump living off the foundation? Stuart G Jul 2017 #5
why, yes, yes it is. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2017 #6
It's much easier to get a fortune if you spend other people's money mythology Jul 2017 #8
And spending campaign donations is why he's already campaigning for 2020 TexasBushwhacker Jul 2017 #9
Yep...dead giveaway. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2017 #11

tanyev

(42,358 posts)
2. Meanwhile, those crooks at the Clinton Foundation use their donations to help needy people.
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 09:16 AM
Jul 2017

The nerve!


 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
7. Needy people in Africa - helping with food and medicine no less. The horrors....
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 01:46 PM
Jul 2017

Doesn't she know that white men hate that shit? Why doesn't she pander to them?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. Looks like he has been living off the foundation that far back.
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 11:26 AM
Jul 2017

Would be curious about any audits of his various charities.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. why, yes, yes it is.
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 01:28 PM
Jul 2017

Tis also illegal to spend campaign donations for personal use, did not stop him from that.

Suspect he has been doing it for years, he is YUUGE on spending other people's money.

Wonder if the kids are doing it...they have their own foundations.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
11. Yep...dead giveaway.
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 03:36 PM
Jul 2017

Happily, he is doing it, so more lawsuits are being filed, more charges can be added.

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