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Donald Trump: The Least Charitable Billionaire In The World
News Examiner ^ | 8/15 | Ben Davis

Posted on 12/27/2015 3:11:11 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas

How miserly is The Donald?

From 1990 through 2009, Trump has personally donated a total of just $3.7 million to his foundation, which was incorporated in 1987. In fact, the billionaire is not even the largest contributor to his own charitable organization.

Tax returns show that World Wrestling Entertainment has given Trump’s foundation a total of $5 million in return for the developer’s assistance in working a couple of televised angles along with WWE boss Vince McMahon. The WWE gave Trump’s foundation $4 million in 2007 for his help in promoting that year’s WrestleMania festivities, and another $1 million in 2009, when Trump (pictured below with McMahon) pretended to purchase part of the WWE empire.

The real estate titan’s foundation has also banked $205,000 from media outlets and supermarket tabloids in return for exclusive photos (People magazine, for example, paid the foundation $150,000 in 2006 for the first shots of Trump’s newborn son Barron).

During the past two decades, the Trump foundation has made charitable contributions totaling a paltry $6.7 million.

Helmsley, by comparison, gave $5 million to the American Red Cross when New Orleans was submerged, and, post-9/11, she gave $5 million to the New York Police and Fire Widows and Children*s Benefit Fund.

In 2006, Trump’s foundation did give $1000 to the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Fund, a controversial Scientology program (co-founded by Tom Cruise) that promoted a *purification rundown* for firemen and others who inhaled toxins while working near the smoldering remains of the World Trade Center.


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To: Jane Long

I’m honestly not sure if these crazy posters actually support Cruz, or if they just hate, hate, hate, HATE Donald Trump with a hot, hot hate.


181 posted on 12/27/2015 10:06:21 PM PST by Luircin
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To: jsanders2001

maybe it would be possible for Mr Trump to research which are the good charities and which are the bad ones .......seeing as how he is supposed to be so dam smart


182 posted on 12/27/2015 10:11:35 PM PST by woofie
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To: caww
Senator CRuz loses his train of thought, during his rebuttal to 0's SOTU...

"Meh, lemme start over!"

Things are never what they're initially presented as with Trump CRuz...

(Guess everyone has bloopers, eh?)

183 posted on 12/27/2015 10:15:17 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Luircin

I’m wondering if they’re not really on the Hellary payroll. Or, Jeb’s.

Something ain’t right ;-)


184 posted on 12/27/2015 10:16:15 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Jane Long

185 posted on 12/28/2015 4:46:27 PM PST by caww
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To: caww
LOL....that eagle has landed....

...on Trump's Resolute desk....


186 posted on 12/28/2015 4:48:56 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Jane Long
We know what the staged story was...we also now know the truth ... that Eagle, the Great Symbol of American Freedom, did NOT like Trump... and Trump WAS afraid when it as you said "landed on his desk"...."Uncle Sam" ( the Eagles name BTW) kicked Trumps butt....LOL! and more than once ...it even went after his hair! HAHAHA!..


187 posted on 12/28/2015 5:23:53 PM PST by caww
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