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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House walks back promise
I know this is going to shock many of you, so fair warning before you read any further. Have a seat and brace yourself:
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-walks-back-trumps-promise-to-give-1-million-of-his-personal-money-to-harvey-victims-4691cf5e6dd6/
White House walks back promise about Trump donating his personal money to Harvey victims
On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that President Trump would donate $1 million of his personal money to Hurricane Harvey victims. But on Friday, she wasnt so sure.
Asked by a reporter if she knew whether Trumps donation would be coming from his own money or from the Trump Foundation, Sanders dodged.
I havent had a chance to do that, she said, suggesting she hadnt yet had a chance to ask the president where the money would be coming from.
White House walks back promise about Trump donating his personal money to Harvey victims
On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that President Trump would donate $1 million of his personal money to Hurricane Harvey victims. But on Friday, she wasnt so sure.
Asked by a reporter if she knew whether Trumps donation would be coming from his own money or from the Trump Foundation, Sanders dodged.
I havent had a chance to do that, she said, suggesting she hadnt yet had a chance to ask the president where the money would be coming from.
More juicy details at the linked article. Remember how Candidate Trump kept calling the Clinton Foundation a slush fund and the Clintons' personal piggy-bank? You'll be very surprised to be reminded that it was instead the Trump Foundation that operates as a slush fund and personal piggy-bank for its namesake.
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White House walks back promise (Original Post)
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Sep 2017
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Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,573 posts)1. Oh look. Here's my surprised face.
:|
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)2. I am SHOCKED I tell ya!
The Don lied? No!
Is this being reported on Faux Nooze, too?
dalton99a
(81,636 posts)3. Sure enough
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)4. I don't think he lied
I think the idea was he was going to make hats and t-shirts with the POTUS seal, his picture, and a Harvey hashtag with the promise to donate .001% of the profits to hurricane victims.
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)5. I'm surprised.
I thought he was simply going to rake in the gratitude for his sacrifice, then "forget" to actually make the donation. That's his MO.
rollin74
(1,992 posts)6. that could be a perpetual daily headline
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)7. That didn't take long.
a kennedy
(29,723 posts)8. Ya beat me to this one.....
AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I DESPISE THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE???
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)9. I hate that POSUCS too!
Have done so since I first heard of him. Such a creep.