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Trump promised personal gifts on ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’ Here’s who really paid.
Washington Post ^ | Aug 19, 2016 | David A. Fahrenthold and Alice Crites

Posted on 08/23/2016 6:24:23 AM PDT by Jay Thomas

The time had come to fire Khloé Kardashian. But first, Donald Trump had a question.

“What’s your charity?” Trump asked.

They were filming “The Celebrity Apprentice,” the reality-TV show where Trump schooled the faded and the semi-famous in the arts of advertising, salesmanship and workplace in­fighting. Most weeks, one winner got prize money for charity. One loser got fired.

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“I’m going to give $20,000 to your charity,” Trump said, according to a transcript of that show.

He didn’t.

After the show aired in 2009, Kardashian’s charity did receive $20,000. But it wasn’t from Trump. Instead, the check came from a TV production company, the same one that paid out the show’s official prizes.

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TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: apprentice; distraction; gettrump; hatchetjob; hitpeice; sourgrapes; whiners
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This appears to be a new attack some family members are turning to. They say it's dishonest to say you're going to give money but the money comes from somewhere else.

I figured it probably came from Trump but through the proper channels but haven't' found any indications of that being the case.

I'm putting it here to see what my fellow Freepers think about it.

1 posted on 08/23/2016 6:24:23 AM PDT by Jay Thomas
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To: Jay Thomas

I’m thinking you would love President Hillary.


2 posted on 08/23/2016 6:25:56 AM PDT by j.argese (/s tags: If you have a mind unnecessary. If you're a cretin it really doesn't matter, does it?)
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Oh dear—This is shocking.

So much more corruption than Hillary! selling the US State Department to the highest bidder.


3 posted on 08/23/2016 6:26:45 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Jay Thomas

It is nitpicky horsesh!t.

BTW, why does Hillary go home on weekends? Why does Hillary want ramps and handrails everywhere she goes. How far can Hillary walk unassisted in a parade? Why doesn’t Hillary allow flash photography around her events? Why does she walk like a shuffling old geriatric?

The questions go on and on and on and on.


4 posted on 08/23/2016 6:27:55 AM PDT by Gaffer
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I would be willing to bet that Trump would have violated his contract with the production company if he had personally paid out the funds from his own account.


5 posted on 08/23/2016 6:27:58 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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Gee, and Do you suppose Ben Stein didn’t personally pay out on “Win Ben Stein’s Money?” And when Monte Hall offered $100 to someone in a zany costume that he didn’t really offer his own money? TV is business. There are tax and legal reasons why it is the way it is. Sheeeesh


6 posted on 08/23/2016 6:29:10 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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Kardashian’s charity did receive $20,000. But it wasn’t from Trump. Instead, the check came from a TV production company, the same one that paid out the show’s official prizes.......That is terrible!! Not giving out taxpayer’s money??? He should be hung.


7 posted on 08/23/2016 6:30:15 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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It was a TV show. I would never expect that when the host of a TV show says, in the context of the show, “I” am donating something, that it means it comes from his own pocket. It comes from the budget of the show.


8 posted on 08/23/2016 6:30:28 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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Who didn’t know this was all part of the production of the show? If you use the same accounting techniques as the progressives, it was his money. I can’t believe how stupid this country has become.


9 posted on 08/23/2016 6:30:30 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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Wow, you wanna float a UniParty/MSM meme to see how it holds up? Go away, troll!

Vote Trump 2016


10 posted on 08/23/2016 6:30:42 AM PDT by TheStickman (Trump will be the 1st Pro America president since Reagan)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Of course. It’s an enterprise. Anyone in the media knows how this works. This is total con job on the part of this dipshit reporter. They should be fired for such crap.


11 posted on 08/23/2016 6:31:31 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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In other news:
The sun rose in the east this morning. It’s Trump’s fault and proves he is not fit to be president.


12 posted on 08/23/2016 6:31:33 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: Safetgiver

That ‘hung’ was on purpose, BTW.


13 posted on 08/23/2016 6:31:43 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: j.argese
I'm thinking you would probably love President Hillary.

Just stop, will you?

14 posted on 08/23/2016 6:31:59 AM PDT by Maceman (Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
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Yes, but at least he didn’t promise that we could keep our doctors and our premiums would go down.


15 posted on 08/23/2016 6:32:32 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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Who gives a flying flock of geese. It was his show, he said they would get paid, the money got paid, and the show was successful.

If he tells the production company to pay the money, and they pay the money, it still comes out of the overhead for the show, which is his show.

Good Lord, it is corruption because he did not personally sign the check?? Shades of Steve Martin in the Jerk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZTdqh-a0tU


16 posted on 08/23/2016 6:32:34 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: Jay Thomas

You should tell the Washingon Post morons that no one with a valued brain gives a flying f*ck.


17 posted on 08/23/2016 6:32:36 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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Who owned the production company? Did Trump have a stake in it? Did the contract specify any prize money came out of Trump’s payment/profits?

Did Kardashian read the contract? Can she read?


18 posted on 08/23/2016 6:32:45 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: Jay Thomas

Big nothing which tells me they are draining the bottom of the barrel to try and find something to stop Trump.


19 posted on 08/23/2016 6:33:59 AM PDT by navymom1
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To: Jay Thomas

Did they come from the Chinese government? If not I couldn’t care less.


20 posted on 08/23/2016 6:33:59 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (In Today's America Feelings Are The New Truth)
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