Trump - Family and Charities
Trump on the Howard Stern show -
Disturbing and disgusting phone interview with Trump, his wife and Stern Nov, 1999 -
https://youtu.be/scD8qYqNqyY
"The sex is extraordinary," Trump said in 2005 of his new wife.
"You know, she's a great beauty, but she's a great beauty inside," Trump said, "which is almost as important."
"Not really," Stern added.
"No, probably not," Trump clarified.
Sickening comments about Ivanka to Stern -
“You know who’s one of the great beauties of the world, according to everybody?”
“And I helped create her. Ivanka. My daughter, Ivanka. She’s 6 feet tall, she’s got the best body.”
Comments regarding his daughter Tiffany -
“Donald, what does Tiffany have of yours, and what does Tiffany have of Marla’s?” host Robin Leach asked.
Trump answered instantly — and he did not bring up his daughter’s eyes, nose or smile.
“Well, I think that she's got a lot of Marla,” he said.”She's a really beautiful baby, and she's got Marla's legs. We don't know whether she's got this part yet (gestures toward his chest), but time will tell.”
Maples smiled as her husband crassly pumped at his chest while he talked about their little girl.
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Other abhorrent comments about Ivanka -
On the View Mar 2006 - (if Ivanka posed for Playboy)
“It would be really disappointing — not really — but it would depend on what’s inside the magazine. I don’t think Ivanka would do that, although she does have a very nice figure. I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”
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In an article with Rolling Stone magazine Trump said this "Yeah, she's really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren't happily married and, ya know, her father . . . "
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A former Miss Teen USA about Trump’s comments re Ivanka
Photos - The posing of father and daughter is just not appropriate!
Sept, 2016 - Dr Oz show edits out Trump comment about kissing Ivanka any chance he can get. Source
Melania Trump -
In response to questions regarding her immigration status and the reasons behind her taking down her website melaniatrump.com, she claims …
But melaniatrump.com has existed since 2006. How could she forget 6 years of an online profile? Could it be because on that website she claimed she has a Bachelor Degree in Design and Architecture? From “University in Slovenia”. Wonder what University that is? There are also questions over her immigration status when she first worked in the US.
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A find it absolutely incredible that Trump has specifically targeted the Christian voters and yet his wife has posed nude and semi-nude on many occasions. And seriously, is this who our children should look up to as a role model?
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And where is Mrs Trump? She hasn’t been seen since July. No campaigning; no tweeting or talking about what she would do in the role of First Lady.
Even Alumni, staff and students at Wharton School of Business are disowning former student, Donald Trump -
and the list is growing!)
Trump’s sons -
Trump’s sons are known hunters and have a penchant for killing beautiful animals for fun. See Facebook -The Trump Sons - Wildlife Murderers to voice your disgust.
More on Trump -
Sound odd? Yep, it is. Another competition! Another obsession. When everyone else’s plane is bigger or better, well, he just doesn’t like it at all!!! He reminds me of some catty, spiteful 13-16 year olds I was at school with!
Don’t get me wrong - I do not condone anything that terrorists do. I abhor their cowardly acts! But I refuse to lower myself to their level and become like them. But that’s exactly what Trump proposes - a tit for tat, childish, irresponsible retaliation!
If Trump officially sanctions torture, ignoring human rights, then the US is no better than those terrorists who commit atrocities. I’m not naïve - am sure torture by the US happens, but once a law is passed sanctioning, waterboarding for instance, then where does it stop?
Torture has never been a proven method for extracting information!
And to suggest that a civilised nation should expect it’s emergency and hospital staff to leave a man to suffer so that information can be gleaned first is sickening!!!! I wonder if Trump has ever heard of the Hippocratic oath???
And I wonder if he has ever heard of Confucius, who said - Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Trump Foundation -
As a result of Trump’s claim that he has done more for people with disabilities than anyone else, I decided to investigate
if this is indeed true. I accessed ProPublica and read all of the available 990PF’s for the Donald J Trump Foundation (2001-2015). Note - I checked each charity to confirm their particular cause.
I not only learned that his claim is utterly false, but also some other very interesting facts.
For the years 2001-2008 Trump contributed to his own foundation. The amount he contributed is outstanding in the fact that it was so little! The maximum contribution for a given year was $713,000.
For 6 years from 2009 till 2014 he contributed not one cent!!! NOT ONE! ALL of the contributions were made by others, 2 large donations totalling $5 million were from the WWE Inc. 2015 he put in 566,000.
Trump’s contributions - $3,850,870 Others - $9,546,167 - a mind-boggling difference of $5.7 million!
He claims to have issued millions to charities! But it turns out not to be true! The Washington Post carried out an in-depth investigation and determined that many charities received NOTHING! Where did the money go?
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The Trump Foundation’s Contributions to Disability Related Charities -
From 2001-14 the foundation claims to have issued grants to many worthwhile causes.
However, the Starlight Foundation, Make A Wish, and Autism Speaks are but a few of the major organisations that have confirmed they received no grants.
From 2001-2014 the foundation allegedly distributed $843,494 Not a huge figure by any means!
Allowing for the fact that $467,000 of that amount went to Operation Smile (supposedly), the remaining amount distributed to other disability charities was only $376,494. Of that amount we know that much of it did not go to the organisations listed.
See table here
Yet Trump claims he has done more for people with disabilities than anyone else! See this article by Washington Post on Trump's philanthropy (or lack thereof).
The Trump Foundation’s Contributions to Veteran’s Related Charities -
Trump has also claimed that he has done much for Veteran’s but the figures say otherwise.
From 2001-2006 the Foundation made no grants to any Veteran’s related organisations.
From 2007-2014 grants were issued totalling $196,350 divided amongst 11 charities.
See table here
In addition, Trump claimed in May this year he had distributed $5.6 million to various veteran’s charities, money raised as the result of a January 28, 2016 fundraiser. After pressure from the media Trump (Trump’s history of donating being so poor), he supposedly gave $1 million of his own money. But did he?
An analysis of the website Donald Trump for Vets shows that it was registered the same day as the fundraiser soliciting donations to the Trump Foundation to go to veterans. The site stopped accepting donations at the end of May, claiming that it had raised over $1.67 million. We won’t know until the 990PF for 2016 is released, where the rest of the $5.6 million came from.
Apparently, a large donation went to the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation, a charity that the press says Trump knows well. Yet in my analysis of the grants issued from 2001-2014 it shows only one meagre donation in 2013 of $5,000.
Clearly it can be seen that Trump has done little to support veterans in the past and what little his foundation gave did not come from Trump’s pocket!
The Trump Foundation’s Contributions to 9/11 Related Charities -
Grants to 9/11 related organisations are virtually nil. Between 2001-2014, the foundation made a grand total of $2,500 to two charities, one in 2002 to the Jim Fassel Foundation, and the other in 2006 to the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Fund.
In April this year, Trump made a donation to the 9/11 Memorial Fund of $100,000, claiming it was from his own pocket. When queried about past donations spokeswoman Hope Hicks stated…
“Mr. Trump has donated close to half a million dollars to organizations as a result of the 9/11 tragedy including the American Red Cross and the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Fund, in addition to a total of $102 million dollars donated to hundreds of charitable foundations over a relatively short period of time, many of which helped people affected by 9/11”.
To begin with the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Fund is a veterans charity and has nothing to do with 9/11.
Secondly, the Trump Foundation did not donate to the American Red Cross until 2008 and then for only $5,000.
Later donations: 2009 - $1,000; 2010 - $100,000; 2012 - $50,000.
Those grants weren't even close to close to half a million dollars and did not occur until 7 years after the 9/11 event!
Third, the claim that $102 million has been donated is an outrageous fabrication as the figures in the tables clearly show!!
Questionable Grants -
The foundation has issued grants that are questionable.
2008 - Eric Trump Foundation - 50,000
2010- Eric Trump Foundation - 100,000
2011 - Eric Trump Foundation - 100,000
Trump donated funds to his son’s foundation from his own foundation. Since Trump contributed only $30,000 and nothing after that, it means that he used funds that were contributed by others. Curiously, Eric Trump doesn’t remember whether or not his father donated to his foundation.
2013 - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund - 115,000
2014 - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund - 20,000
This organisation distributes funds to a charity on behalf of the donor. Since Trump has his own foundation I query why he would require such a service when a donation/s could be made directly. At this point I’m not sure if that donation and where it went to can be traced but it certainly suggests that Trump has given money to one or more organisations he doesn’t want anyone to know about. See below about recent donations.
2012 - Martin B Greenberg Foundation - 158,000
Donated after Greenberg was about to sue Trump for failure to pay a $1 million gold prize. Greenberg’s charity itself is dodgy. Of $1.08 million of revenue from 2011-2013 not one cent has been outgoing in charitable disbursements.
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New Pattern in Grant Distribution -
Up until 2014 the Trump Foundation distributed grants of around $450,000 to various Jewish charities. From 2012 other
organisations received funds, right-wing organisations which he’d never donated to before.
2012 -
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association - 100,000
2013 -
American Conservative Union Foundation - 50,000
Debra George Ministries - 10,000
The Family Leader - 10,000
2014 -
Citizens United Foundation - 100,000
This is interesting because it was around 2012 (judging from Trump’s tweets) that he decided he was going to make a serious
run for the Presidency. It appears Mr Trump is more than happy to play both sides of the fence to get what he wants!
Summary -
The evidence is there - Trump has lied, his staff have lied. His self-congratulatory, narcissistic rhetoric claiming that he has personally donated millions is nothing but a fabrication.
He has used charities by conveniently donating to further his agenda, money that for the most part has not been contributed by him.
A true philanthropist doesn’t publicise their good works, and for a multi-billionaire as Trump claims to be, he would have to be the biggest tight-ass there is!!!
Mr. Burns: You know, Smithers, I think I'll donate a million dollars to the local orphanage... when pigs fly ... hehehehe!
(Pig flies past)
Smithers: Will you be donating that million dollars now sir?
Mr Burns: No, I’d still prefer not.