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jpak

(41,756 posts)
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 12:04 PM Jul 2016

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

Source: Washington Post

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.

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Read more: 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/



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Donald Trump used money donated for charity to buy himself a Tim Tebow-signed football helmet (Original Post) jpak Jul 2016 OP
Trump doesn't have any money, Loki Jul 2016 #1
Trump is a con man end of story Botany Jul 2016 #2
Come on people.... penndragon69 Jul 2016 #3
Now worth about $415 says the article bucolic_frolic Jul 2016 #4

Loki

(3,825 posts)
1. Trump doesn't have any money,
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 12:37 PM
Jul 2016

it's never been his in the first place. He has scammed everyone he's ever known or done business with. Meet the New Grifter, same as the Old Grifter. $12,000 for a Tim Tebow helmet? Is it supposed to be a religious artifact? Who knew.

Botany

(70,447 posts)
2. Trump is a con man end of story
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 01:03 PM
Jul 2016

Trump U, Trump Institute, The Trump Network, The Trump Ocean View Condos,
Trump "helping the vets," Trump stiffing contractors, and ......

bucolic_frolic

(43,044 posts)
4. Now worth about $415 says the article
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 01:20 PM
Jul 2016

well, one wouldn't expect someone who's been economically sheltered
from reality all his life to know anything about value, or how prices trend
up and down with time. A wealthy person can piss it away, there's always
more where that came from.

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