Posted on 12/27/2015 9:54:29 AM PST by GilGil
You left off that Trump donated over $100 million dollars worth of land for public use in the past 5 years also.
Having previously purchased the property for $2 million in the 1990s, the land for the park was donated in 2006 by Donald Trump, for whom the park was named.The land was donated after Trump was unable to gain town approvals to develop a private golf course on the property. At the time of its donation, Trump claimed the parcel to be worth $100 million, and was able to use the donation as a tax write-off.He*s all for the little guy. He*s the billionaire you can trust.
From the AP article I posted:
Trump has said he donated $102 million worth of cash and land to philanthropic and conservation organizations over the past five years. But his campaign has provided little documentation for most of these contributions, and tax filings of the Donald J. Trump foundation show Trump has made no charitable contributions to his own namesake nonprofit since 2008.Even if you add the land into Trump*s total giving over the last 20 years, the total amount would represent an annual donation of 0.05% of his wealth.
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