How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business

[Shell_Seas]

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Source: Forbes

LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, sponsored Cadillacs, Ferraris and Maseratis descend on the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, in September for the Eric Trump Foundation golf invitational. Year after year, the formula is consistent: 18 holes of perfectly trimmed fairways with a dose of Trumpian tackiness, including Hooters waitresses and cigar spreads, followed by a clubhouse dinner, dates encouraged. The crowd leans toward real estate insiders, family friends and C-list celebrities, such as former baseball slugger Darryl Strawberry and reality housewife (and bankruptcy-fraud felon) Teresa Giudice.

The real star of the day is Eric Trump, the president's second son and now the co-head of the Trump Organization, who has hosted this event for ten years on behalf of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. He's done a ton of good: To date, he's directed more than $11 million there, the vast majority of it via this annual golf event. He has also helped raise another $5 million through events with other organizations.

The best part about all this, according to Eric Trump, is the charity's efficiency: Because he can get his family's golf course for free and have most of the other costs donated, virtually all the money contributed will go toward helping kids with cancer. "We get to use our assets 100% free of charge," Trump tells Forbes.

That's not the case. In reviewing filings from the Eric Trump Foundation and other charities, it's clear that the course wasn't free--that the Trump Organization received payments for its use, part of more than $1.2 million that has no documented recipients past the Trump Organization. Golf charity experts say the listed expenses defy any reasonable cost justification for a one-day golf tournament.

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#3bd4c5de6b4a

[dalton99a]

1. Is there anything he does that's not despicable?

[Dave Starsky]

17. He is a true Dark Lord of Chaos.

I used to think he cared for nothing except enriching himself. But now I don't think he even thinks that far ahead. He really just seems to be solely focused on fucking up as much stuff as possible.

He makes Heath Ledger's Joker character look like a reasoned, sober guy.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. If only there were a hell!

[Plucketeer]

3. Another MAGA ruse

And what LOOKS like real human beings - still stand by the Grifter-in-Chief!

[Quixote1818]

4. I think the Onion went too far with this one!

[DesertRat]

5. So the Trumps literally took $$ away from pediatric cancer research to personally enrich themselves

Why am I not surprised?

[Dave Starsky]

18. Google any of his paltry "charity" activities.

It's almost comical, the shit he pulls to skim money from them. Things like handing people giant cardboard checks for a million dollars on camera while writing $100 checks behind the scenes. Stuff that you would laugh at if he were the greedy foil on a sitcom.

[matt819]

6. Calling Eric Schneiderman. Important message for Mr. Schneiderman.

You know, this family makes Palin look like an amateur grifter.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Yes, also paging Mueller re Fraud and Money Laundering aspects of the Trump-Russia investigation. nt

[LuckyLib]

7. Forensic accountants will take YEARS to sort through the financial shenanigans of the Trump family.

Better get started now. Here's a place to begin. Forbes has done the preliminary work for them. Excellent article. Lifestyles of the rich and famous -- enjoying golf life while giving cancer donations, all to a shady operation.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital advertises incessantly on over-the-air TV.

Are they just collateral damage in this?

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Here's the question I sent @erictrump after that blockbuster @Forbes story, which indicates Eric misled me.

Link to tweet

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How is it legal, most countries it would be criminal.

Link to tweet

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Such an incredible story by @forbes, deconstructing how the @EricTrumpFdn was apparently used to funnel $ back to the Trump org.

Link to tweet

[IronLionZion]

9. "defy any reasonable justification" should become our national motto

Taking money meant for kids with cancer is how they make America great again.

[red dog 1]

10. Kick for exposure

These people are pure evil.

[keithbvadu2]

11. "Shifted" - What a polite word!

[Sunlei]

12. "Trump businesses billed the Trump campaign, fueled by small outside donors, more than $11 million t

"Trump businesses billed the Trump campaign, fueled by small outside donors, more than $11 million to use his properties, chefs and private aircraft."

[Shell_Seas]

14. I forgot all about that.

With all of the other scandals, it's really hard to keep track.

[vkkv]

15. Even more CORRUPT than we all imagined..

[jmowreader]

19. You don't have much of an imagination

Donald Trump is the most corrupt man who ever lived. How the HELL the people in that other party can rage on about imagined corruption on the part of the Clintons and Obamas, then support someone like this, is the greatest mystery of our time.

The people who should really be ashamed of themselves are the fundamentalist Christians. Donald Trump is the complete opposite of everything they claim to stand for, but they would kill people to defend that individual.

[turbinetree]

16. How do you spell Fraud.........................Trump

[DonViejo]

20. Locking...

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