Trump: "Charles Koch claims to be giving away millions, I know very few who have seen this (?)"

[Miles Archer]

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Charles Koch of Koch Brothers, who claims to be giving away millions of dollars to politicians even though I know very few who have seen this (?), now makes the ridiculous statement that what President Trump is doing is unfair to “foreign workers.” He is correct, AMERICA FIRST!

3:38 AM - 2 Aug 2018

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. 3:38 am?

That’s 2:38, my time.

Dude, resign.

[PearliePoo2]

5. Yep, as Mika said, "Oh God, he's been up all night. Donald, just go back to bed. Go to bed now!"

He's totally freaking out, he's sweating bullets and he's sleep deprived. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

[mitch96]

2. " I know very few who have seen this"

Pot calling the kettle black???? tRump talks a good donation

[greymattermom]

3. So what if the Koch's just stop paying Republican politicians?

Where will they get their money? Only Putin? Other Americans?

[redstatebluegirl]

4. I really don't like the Koch Brothers

but there is a lot of documentation of their donations including ones to children's hospitals and PBS. With that said I am sure it was done for tax reasons, but it is documented unlike the orange nutcase in the white house.

[NewJeffCT]

6. agreed - while they may have terrible political views

they do have a well documented history of charitable contributions. From what we've seen with Donald, his charity buys things for Donald and his organization.

[leftynyc]

7. They give to the arts also

David Koch gave enough to Lincoln Center that they renamed the NY State Theatre after him. That take a very large check (and weirdly enough, right across the fountain is the David Geffen theatre which used to be Avery Fisher Hall).

[Renew Deal]

10. The Arts

I believe that they are major contributors to Lincoln Center

[redstatebluegirl]

11. Yes I forgot about that one.

They have also given to arts programs at various universities. Still hate what they have helped do to our political landscape, but you cannot fault their generosity to our culture.

[Renew Deal]

12. I agree

They are responsible for more harm to America and the environment than they are for charity.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. He means America's millionaires and billionaires FIRST!

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Either Koch is in favor of distancing himself from Trump, or

Trump is throwing Koch under the bus.

[Denzil_DC]

13. He'd better get off Twitter and talk to his vice-president, among others:

Public Citizen—a vocal critic of Trump that has filed several lawsuits against his administration—counts 44 different Trump administration officials who have close links to the Kochs and their sprawling network.

That list starts at the top of the administration—Vice President Mike Pence is a longtime ally of the Kochs—and includes senior and junior figures throughout the White House and the various agencies overseeing the functioning of the government. Marc Short, the White House’s point man on dealing with Congress, is a former president of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the political nerve center of the Koch network. White House Counsel Don McGahn represented Koch-backed groups in private practice. CIA Director Mike Pompeo—rumored to be the next secretary of state—represented the Kansas district where Koch Industries was headquartered, giving him the nickname “the congressman from Koch.”

Then there are the dozens of lesser-known yet still influential administration jobs filled by Koch alumni. A few examples:

* Eli Miller, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, used to work for the Ohio affiliate of Americans for Prosperity, the Kochs’ quasi-grassroots group.
* Alex Fitzsimmons, a senior adviser at the Energy Department working on renewable energy, previously worked as a spokesman for the Koch-backed Fueling US Forward, a pro-fossil fuel outfit run by a former industry lobbyist.
* Adam Kissel, a former program officer at the Charles Koch Foundation and an outspoken critic of the Education Department’s handling of campus sexual assault under Title IX, got a job overseeing higher ed issues at the Education Department.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/12/trump-koch-brothers-deregulation-white-house/