Donald Trump: Is It Really Charity If It's Not On TV?
I believe almost everybody is happy when Americans donate to help our veterans. However, they aren't as happy when the rich and powerful use our veterans as props for their self interests.
Donald Trump was really upset over the way he has been treated by the press over his highly publicized Veterans Fundraiser because they dared to ask him how much, when and where the money was going to after he cancelled on the Fox News Republican debate.
Instead of just sending out a document that details how the money was handled to the media, he held a press conference to tell the world how wonderful and generous his event was.
He also spent most of his time during the presser castigating reporters for their truly awful and corrupt reporting on him and added a caveat that he never wanted any credit for doing the hugely public fundraiser.
He repeatedly said, "I didn't have to do this," and I agree. He didn't. Trump could have easily raised that money by making a few phone calls to his wealthy businessmen brethren and raised almost the same amount of money, if he really was in it for the veterans alone.
As he was reading off the list of charitable organization he cuts checks to, Donald named some of the wealthy people that donated to his fundraising night.