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21 Questions For Donald Trump
National Memo ^ | 1/7/2016 | David Cay Johnston

Posted on 01/07/2016 2:55:03 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas

1. You call yourself an "ardent philanthropist," but have not donated a dollar to The Donald J. Trump Foundation since 2006. You're not even the biggest donor to the foundation, having given about $3.7 million in the previous two decades while businesses associated with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment gave the Trump Foundation $5 million. All the money since 2006 has come from those doing business with you.

5. The biggest gift you have talked about appears to be an easement at the Palos Verdes, California, golf course bearing your name on land you wanted to build houses on, but that land is subject to landslides and is now the golf course driving range.

Did you or one of your businesses take a tax deduction for this land that you could not build on and do you think anyone should get a $25 million tax deduction for a similar self-serving gift?

6. Trump Tower is not a steel girder high rise, but 58 stories of concrete.

Why did you use concrete instead of traditional steel girders?

7. Trump Tower was built by S&A Concrete, whose owners were "Fat" Tony Salerno, head of the Genovese crime family, and Paul "Big Paul" Castellano, head of the Gambinos, another well-known crime family.

If you did not know of their ownership, what does that tell voters about your management skills?

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalmemo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corruption; dumptrump; mafia; questions; tds; trump
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Why is the media quiet about this?

Will they be quiet if he receives the nomination?

1 posted on 01/07/2016 2:55:03 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Where’s his “21 Questions for Hillary Clinton” and “21 Questions for Barack Obama” articles?


2 posted on 01/07/2016 3:01:01 PM PST by Rennes Templar (I'm pro gun control: keep your guns under your control at all times.)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Gawd. If the remaining 14 questions are as insipid and stupid as the 1st 7, then I may change my mind about this being a Trump hit piece.

I may need to take a break from politics for awhile. The stupidity is becoming too hard to handle.


3 posted on 01/07/2016 3:05:26 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Oh boy. Yeah, the MSM is giving him a ride. I personally never believed his bragging. How many other millionaires or billionaires act like him? Can’t think of any.
Excepting Donald most people aren’t into braggarts and bullies.
Maybe someone will ask soon.
Already bookmarked.
Thanks


4 posted on 01/07/2016 3:06:24 PM PST by libbylu (Trump - whining like a schoolboy. (I said it before Cruz did)!!!)
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To: libbylu

5 posted on 01/07/2016 3:08:12 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Trumpee Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Sniff, Sniff, You smell that? The stench of desperation is so strong you could cut it with a knife.


6 posted on 01/07/2016 3:09:27 PM PST by JoSixChip
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To: Rennes Templar

I would bet that the reason the concrete company was used was competitive bidding.

As to why the building is concrete rather than steel girders who actually cares and why is it important? That would be a better question to ask the architect.

His donations to the foundation look a lot more legit than than the Clinton foundation


7 posted on 01/07/2016 3:09:39 PM PST by Fai Mao (Just a tropical gardiner chatting with friends)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
David Cay Johnson is a hack. Used to work for the NYT.....maybe he still does.

However, there are a few questions on the list that need no answers. At one time NYC, you had to go through the mob to get things done. Don't know about how it is today, but if Trump did what DCJ insinuated, I understand it.

8 posted on 01/07/2016 3:09:42 PM PST by BlueCat
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
21: Is it true that Winners aren't Losers?


9 posted on 01/07/2016 3:12:56 PM PST by frankenMonkey
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
I want to know if Trump inappropriately uses a salad fork for cutting into a rib eye.
10 posted on 01/07/2016 3:13:23 PM PST by Radix ("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
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To: Rennes Templar

We have 21 questions for Sen. Cruz, considering that the charges are so serious, 21 questions for trump seems fair.

trump brought this upon itself.


11 posted on 01/07/2016 3:17:27 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: BlueCat; St_Thomas_Aquinas; libbylu
David Cay Johnson is a hack.

Moreover, how dare he question The Trump? He should not question The Trump. He should accept everything The Trump says without question. He should bow down before The Trump. The Trump will usher in the Rapture.

12 posted on 01/07/2016 3:19:20 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: Fai Mao
I would bet that the reason the concrete company was used was competitive bidding.

I don't think that was it. It's more likely he didn't want any union problems when he used the alleged illegal immigrants for the demolition.

I'm sure this kind of stuff will be run non stop if he gets the nomination.

Anybody who is in private business knows there's a lot of "gray area" when you want to get something done.

13 posted on 01/07/2016 3:20:40 PM PST by wmfights (a stranger in a hostile and foreign land that used to be my home)
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To: wmfights

You are probably right. But if the concrete company is legit is there any reason not to use them?


14 posted on 01/07/2016 3:23:34 PM PST by Fai Mao (Just a tropical gardiner chatting with friends)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Is this supposed to be the “ change the subject from Cruz” attempt?


15 posted on 01/07/2016 3:25:48 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Fai Mao

The concrete (not steel girder) skyscraper is important because Trump used a mafia controlled concrete company, and it would be a very unusual construction method for a building of that height.


16 posted on 01/07/2016 3:29:21 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: frankenMonkey

LOL


17 posted on 01/07/2016 3:30:01 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

a few days ago, I heard a report that said 66% of the concrete in NYC is controlled by the mob. Now legitimate businesses of course. It was the re-run of the Gotti Jr story on 60 minutes.


18 posted on 01/07/2016 3:31:43 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: JoSixChip

-— The stench of desperation is so strong you could cut it with a knife. -—

Interesting.

But can you answer the questions?

Don’t you want him to answer these questions before the media brings them up?


19 posted on 01/07/2016 3:34:04 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: EveningStar

Why yes....yes that’s all true. /s


20 posted on 01/07/2016 3:34:20 PM PST by BlueCat
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