Posted on 07/10/2016 8:02:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
Donald Trump is a racist, bigot, sexist, xenophobe, anti-Semitic and Islamophobe -- did I miss anything? The left and the media launch these hideous kinds of attacks at Trump everyday; yet, nothing could be further from the truth about the real estate mogul. As an entertainment journalist, I’ve had the opportunity to cover Trump for over a decade, and in all my years covering him I’ve never heard anything negative about the man until he announced he was running for president. Keep in mind, I got paid a lot of money to dig up dirt on celebrities like Trump for a living so a scandalous story on the famous billionaire could’ve potentially sold a lot of magazines and would’ve been a “yuge” feather in my cap. Instead, I found that he doesn’t drink alcohol or do drugs, he’s a hardworking businessman and totally devoted to his beloved wife and children. On top of that, he’s one of the most generous celebrities in the world with a heart filled with more gold than his $100 million New York penthouse.
In 2004, the first season of “The Apprentice” aired and at that time I worked as an entertainment columnist for the “RedEye Edition of the Chicago Tribune” and as a freelancer for “Us Weekly”. I had a gut feeling that Chicago contestant, Bill Rancic, was going to win the reality show. So I contacted him and covered the hit show the entire season. I managed to score an invite to New York for the show’s grand finale and after-party. This is where I first met Trump and got to ask him a few questions. That year, Rancic did win “The Apprentice”. I attended “The Apprentice” finale the next two years in a row. Between that and the frequent visits Trump and his family made to Chicago during the construction of their Trump International Hotel & Tower, I got a chance to meet most of his family too and I’ve had nothing but positive experiences with them. Since the media has failed so miserably at reporting the truth about Trump, I decided to put together some of the acts of kindness he’s committed over three decades which has gone virtually unnoticed or fallen on deaf ears.In 1986, Trump prevented the foreclosure of Annabell Hill’s family farm after her husband committed suicide. Trump personally phoned down to the auction to stop the sale of her home and offered the widow money. Trump decided to take action after he saw Hill’s pleas for help in news reports.
In 1988, a commercial airline refused to fly Andrew Ten, a sick Orthodox Jewish child with a rare illness, across the country to get medical care because he had to travel with an elaborate life-support system. His grief stricken parents contacted Trump for help and he didn’t hesitate to send his own plane to take the child from Los Angeles to New York so he could get his treatment.
In 1991, 200 Marines who served in Operation Desert Storm spent time at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina before they were scheduled to return home to their families. However, the Marines were told that a mistake had been made and an aircraft would not be able to take them home on their scheduled departure date. When Trump got wind of this, he sent his plane to make two trips from North Carolina to Miami to safely return the Gulf War Marines to their loved ones.
In 1995, a motorist stopped to help Trump after the limo he was traveling in got a flat tire. Trump asked the Good Samaritan how he could repay him for his help. All the man asked for was a bouquet of flowers for his wife. A few weeks later Trump sent the flowers with a note that read: “We’ve paid off your mortgage.”
In 1996, Trump filed a lawsuit against the city of Palm Beach, Florida accusing the town of discriminating against his Mar-a-Lago resort club because it allowed Jews and blacks. Abraham Foxman, who was the Anti-Defamation League Director at the time, said Trump “put the light on Palm Beach – not on the beauty and the glitter, but on its seamier side of discrimination.” Foxman also noted that Trump’s charge had a trickle-down effect because other clubs followed his lead and began admitting Jews and blacks.
In 2000, Maury Povich featured a little girl named Megan who struggled with Brittle Bone Disease on his show and Trump happened to be watching. Trump said the little girl’s story and positive attitude touched his heart. So he contacted Maury and gifted the little girl and her family with a very generous check.
In 2008, after Jennifer Hudson’s family members were tragically murdered in Chicago, Trump put the Oscar-winning actress and her family up at his Windy City hotel for free. In addition to that, Trump’s security took extra measures to ensure Hudson and her family members were safe during such a difficult time.
In 2013, New York bus driver Darnell Barton spotted a woman close to the edge of a bridge staring at traffic below as he drove by. He stopped the bus, got out and put his arm around the woman and saved her life by convincing her to not jump. When Trump heard about this story, he sent the hero bus driver a check simply because he believed his good deed deserved to be rewarded.
In 2014, Trump gave $25,000 to Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi after he spent seven months in a Mexican jail for accidentally crossing the US-Mexico border. President Barack Obama couldn’t even be bothered to make one phone call to assist with the United States Marine’s release; however, Trump opened his pocketbook to help this serviceman get back on his feet.
In 2016, Melissa Consin Young attended a Trump rally and tearfully thanked Trump for changing her life. She said she proudly stood on stage with Trump as Miss Wisconsin USA in 2005. However, years later she found herself struggling with an incurable illness and during her darkest days she explained that she received a handwritten letter from Trump telling her she’s the “bravest woman, I know.” She said the opportunities that she got from Trump and his organizations ultimately provided her Mexican-American son with a full-ride to college.
Lynne Patton, a black female executive for the Trump Organization, released a statement in 2016 defending her boss against accusations that he’s a racist and a bigot. She tearfully revealed how she’s struggled with substance abuse and addiction for years. Instead of kicking her to the curb, she said the Trump Organization and his entire family loyally stood by her through “immensely difficult times.”
Trump’s kindness knows no bounds and his generosity has and continues to touch the lives of people from every sex, race and religion. When Trump sees someone in need, he wants to help. Two decades ago, Oprah asked Trump in a TV interview if he’d run for president. He said: “If it got so bad, I would never want to rule it out totally, because I really am tired of seeing what’s happening with this country.” That day has come. Trump sees that America is in need and he wants to help – how unthinkable!
I'm surprised that the Trump people haven't done a better job getting all this out there to counter the disgusting lies that the mainstream media continue to put out there. I surmise that they are saving all this for the heat of the fall campaign but unfortunately many low information voters have already bought lock, stock and barrel into the "Trump is racist/sexist meme" and some of them may be hard to budge at this point.
The Clinton gang are nothing but slimy lowlifes. I had heard about some of these incidents. Others are new. Trump has decency.
Doesn’t government do this everyday? /s
It doesn’t matter what his true character is: When you belong to the incorrect party you are automatically a racist, a bigot, sexist, an xenophobe, anti-Semitic and an Islamophobe while your antisemitic Democrat opponent who is a traitor and a career criminal is an innocent angel who will come down from heaven to save the women and children.
Those of us who can see have always known Trump’s a good man.... What’s odd is that ‘liberals’ (haters) can’t see it.
Timed just right. I am off to a local rally and will be representing him! Shirt and hat ready!
WOW!! God Bless him!
The kids sure have. It's an article of faith on American campuses that Trump is the reincarnation of Bull Connor.
Government does it, because it wants to use you. It does not do it out of kindness.
It can’t come from him or his campaign, it has to come from others.
Lucky you. Have fun at the rally, and ignore the haters!
Most of us who are solid Trump supporters, and have been for a long time, know all of this. When I was a Cruz supporter I looked for examples like this of Cruz and found none. Now you know why many of us went for Trump.
Mr. Trump is truly a wonderful man, who will restore pride in our country and honor to the Presidency!
He is a genuine Christian who demonstrates his faith through all his generosity towards others! At the same time, he is understandably modest and his humility doesn’t seek public recognition for all his good deeds.
Nevertheless, I hope his family will prevail and enlighten America as to the true nature of their patriarch when they speak during the Convention!!!
bump for Trump!
They say the true measure of a man is what he does when no one is looking! We are a sick country if we cannot acknowledge the basic goodness of Donald Trump!
“What’s odd is that ‘liberals’ (haters) can’t see it.”
Oh they see it, it’s just that he’s not “right’ with their political views.
Bull Connor was a racist. Donald Trump isn’t, regardless what the “progressives” claim
It’s a Catch-22 for Trump. A lot of his appeal in is his “I don’t give a damn” persona, his refusal to play the role of politician who has to go and put out fires.
It’s interesting, because he never lets the story or the news cycle control him. The way he does that is never address a controversy that is focused on him. The second he starts talking about what he has or hasn’t done in reference to a perceived weakness, he falls into the media’s trap and they can lock him down in the news cycle.
So Trump will have to combat the racist/sexist attack in a different way. Surrogates, challenging the opinion at debates, advertisements with subconscious cues, etc.
At this point, all the Left has is lies.
Watch for the lying to intensify.
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