Posted on 04/08/2016 7:22:10 AM PDT by KansasGirl
More than two months after Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump claimed to have raised $6 million for veterans' charities at a fundraiser held on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, most of the organizations targeted to receive the money have gotten less than half of that amount.
The Wall Street Journal, citing a survey of the 22 groups listed by Trump's campaign as prospective recipients for the money, reported that 19 organizations had obtained a total of $2.4 million from Trump's foundation or associates.
Of the three other charities, one declined to disclose how much it had received, another said it needed to submit more paperwork before receiving any money, and the third didn't respond to questions by the Journal.
Fox Business Network first reported in late February that only a fraction of the pledged donations had made their way to the veterans groups.
At the time, FBN reported, several groups said they had not received any money. And seven of the 22 told Fox Business Network they had received a total of $650,000. Other groups did not respond to inquiries at the time.
Trump held the Jan. 29 benefit in lieu of attending a GOP debate hosted by Fox News. The real estate mogul had declined to appear at the debate, claiming that he had not been treated fairly by the network.
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Cruz: “We must debate over and over until I win one!”
You need to understand that there's a reason for this - expenses. Since a third of Donald's self-reported net worth is "the Trump Brand", he has to protect The Trump Brand by charging for it's use.
Trump's history of being accused of outright fraud and sharp dealings entitles him to no deference in this matter and screams out for an accounting.
In any event, these questions are certainly relevant in judging a candidate one of whose planks is that he will clean up the Veterans Administration. If he cannot manage one simple event why are we then to believe that he can reform and manage the vast veterans administration?
Why bring up leftist IAVA founder Paul Riechkoff? He’s a Democrat Party tool and self-promoter. Looks like Fox fell for his con of IAVA being a viable national organization.
More like a handful of leftists and other malcontents.
PS: My son was one of the first American soldiers into Iraq in 2003. He wouldn’t get anywhere near Riechkoff.
This is an article for the unsophisticated.
I have worked and continue to sit on the board of two charities where we collect millions of dollars in donations, each year.
It is laughable that anyone who is knowledgeable about fundraising would posit that 60 days after the fundraiser is a long time to collect and disperse funds, particularly if the funds were raised for outside organizations that need to be vetted.
And like most respectable foundations there is a grant application process. It should not be a “free for all”.
Again, the Cruz people lap this stuff up due to their lack of sophistication and inexperience in these matters.
Any of the money sent to the Trump Foundation will of course be disclosed in their 990.
This is the Cruz Crew talking points for today... what a bunch of robots.
Here is a proposed list of organizations that are considered for disbursement.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/03/03/trumpvets.pdf
FLASHBACK: NEW YORK PAYS HOMAGE TO VIETNAM VETERANS (Trump consistently pro-veteran)
NY Times ^ | May 7, 1985 | Jane Gross
Posted on March 28, 2016 10:40:10 AM EDT by 20yearsofinternet
The centerpiece of the commission’s effort is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a glass-block wall, 70 feet long and 16 feet high, which is etched with excerpts from 83 letters - including Sergeant Calamia’s - that were written by or to the soldiers who served in America’s most unpopular war.
‘’It’s not just brick and mortar,’’ said Donald Trump, the real-estate executive who donated $1 million of the $2.5 million raised by the commission, which is also charged with financing programs for unemployed local veterans. ‘’It’s very much a living monument.’’
‘’I was a very strong opponent of the Vietnam War,’’ he said, ‘’but I also recognized that the people who went to fight were great Americans. I always thought they got a bad shake in life and never got their just recognition.’’
Last night these veterans basked in that new-found recognition. ‘’We answered the call of our country, and when we came back home we were kicked back into society almost like criminals,’’ said Bob Moore of West Volusia, Fla., a member of the Air Force security police in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. ‘’A phenomenal change has happened over the last few years. You got a whole bunch of people here coming out of the closet, so to speak.’’
‘’To see a city take it upon itself to do this!’’ said Mike Milne of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., who has been confined to a wheelchair since his Army tour in Vietnam and Cambodia. ‘’And in downtown Manhattan. It’s unreal. They really pulled a coup.’’
Where is your evidence Trump has done anything wrong here?
All of this was plainly stated in the reply to which you are responding:
Previous allegations of fraud against Donald Trump are relevant. Nevertheless, even with the benefit of all the allegations against Donald Trump which I have specified and many many more, I made no allegations of fraud on his part, I simply asked the question.
Let us assume that Donald Trump is innocent of committing personal fraud in this affair. We do not know if any fraud of any kind has been committed or, if so, by whom. It does, however, raise questions of competency. Where is the money? Where is an accounting?
Is there simply inertia in producing an accounting? Is there sharp dealing by the Trump campaign in inflating expenses thus reducing the share for the veterans? How was all of this handled? Were expenses even deducted, if so how much?
At the very least, questions of hypocrisy are raised and certainly questions of competency: Donald Trump has bragged that he will clean up the Veterans Administration yet it appears that he cannot even competently manage one single event on behalf of veterans.
Let's get the accounting and see what happened. Meanwhile in view of this fiasco and in view of serial charges of fraud and bankruptcy, Donald should shut the hell up about how he is going to fix the Veterans Administration.
You don’t even live in the United States? Where do you get off saying anything about this election? Self righteous asshat.
I don’t care who you vote for. I want to stop Hillary Clinton from getting anywhere near the levers of power. Bonus points if Trump blows up the Gop. Go pout in the corner with Mark Levin for all I care.
>>I don’t care
You might be rethinking that when you’re up to your arse in Trump’s Russian Oligarchic Alligators.
But, as Comrade Clintoon was surely aware when she and Billy encouraged Trump to pretend to be a Republican, by then the damage will have been done.
Did you know that in the MDA TELETHON that only HALF of the PLEDGED AMOUNT was actually RECEIVED ?
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