Why do you think Cruz owes Trump anything? What has Trump ever done to earn his loyalty? Indeed, what had Trump ever done in a long life for anyone outside of his family? He was a good father but certainly not a good husband. To whom has he contributed except to pols with their hands out? Who? He avoided time in service, although veterans, for whom he has given almost nothing materially, probably appreciate his honestly in admit that his heroism in the 70s extended to avoiding STPs. But how has your Caesar benefitted the public good so that we might expect him to have that in mind now? I fear all he wants is power and adulation. I hope to God that if he wins, he proves me wrong.
Please stop posting Trump trash talk on this PRO TRUMP site.
How many times does JR have to repeat he does not want his site to be used in any way for negative Trump comments which aid and abet HRC?
Please, as JR says, TAKE IT ELSEWHERE.
Thank you.
On what planet have you been living? Trump has a lifetime full of generosity towards others. The list is extremely long and there are many names of people who have stepped forward and told their stories that go back a very long time. Several years ago he donated a huge amount to the Veterans of New York for their parade and raised thousands more for them. In all the newspapers the thanks of the Vets that there would not have been a parade without Donald Trump. He paid off the mortgage of a couple having hard times because his car broke down and they gave him a lift. A farmers land was going to be auctioned because he couldn’t pay the mortgagee. He committed suicide. Trump stepped in and the widow retained the farm. A seriously ill girl needed to fly to New York for treatment, but no commercial carrier woukld fly her because of the medical equipment necessary for her transport. Trump sent his plane to California to fly her to New York. A skating rink in New York was completed by Trump in a few months, under budget and ahead of schedule after 6 years of wasted millions by the city. On and on the stories go. Never say he hasn’t done anything for anyone but his family. That is an outright falsehood.
Twice, Trump, out of his own pocket, donated money to the NYC Veterans' Day Parade, when the city was short of funds; the second time he PAID FOR THE WHOLE PARADE, since it was going to be called off.
After many years of the city doing nothing but fouling up the repair of the Wollman Ice Skating Rink, Trump took over and in less than a year, had the whole thing batter than new...after the city had wasted a very great sum of money and a decade with less than nothing to show for it!
He has donated to and raised money for many different Vet organizations!
He has done many, many such things, but YOU don't know anything at all about him and certainly not his good works.
What has Cruz ever done? He and his wife have an income of about 1 million a year and they give NOTHING to their church and hardly anything at ll to charity.
If all you can do is trash Trump, ignore JR's posts, then you need to go!
“But how has your Caesar benefitted the public good”
By creating a very successful business empire. That is the way a businessman benefits the public good.
As for your snarky “Caesar” remark, Trump is the one who has eschewed political power until age 69. It is you little god Cruz that has tried to accrue political power at a very young age for a politician.
By the way, how has Cruz benefited the public good? Was it his vote for TPA, his vote for the Corker bill, his call for a 500% increase in H1-B visas, his call for more immigration, his call to legalize illegals?
And you evidently have on record Cruz’s U.S. citizenship verification documents that you can release to us. Cruz won’t.
The Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza announced that Donald J. Trump, of The Trump Organization, was honored for his unwavering support of United States veterans at the Fourth Annual Honoree of the Year Awards Luncheon held at The Metropolitan Club during the City’s Fleet Week.
Greg Kelly of Fox News acted as the event MC, 60 active members of the US Armed Forces were present and community and civic guests included Robert M. Morganthau, District Attorney for New York County, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Ray Kelly.
A lifetime New Yorker, Kelly is a Vietnam combat veteran, having served with the 2nd Battalion First Marines. As a young 1st Lieutenant, he led troops in battle for most of his 13 months in Vietnam. After returning to the United States, Kelly spent 30 years in the Marine Corps Reserve, retiring as a Colonel.
Trump, the 2008 Honoree of the Year, is a former co-chairman of the New York Vietnam Veterans Memodal Commission, established by Mayor Edward I. Koch. Their mission was to raise the necessary funds to build a memorial in honor of the men and women who served in the Vietnam War, and to create a counseling and employment program for Veterans.
The New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on the tenth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in 1985. The commission raised in excess of $3 million, but it was Donald Trump’s challenge to the City of New York—and his personal contribution of $1 million—that was instrumental in the completion of the project.
The monument—a translucent glass-block structure etched with excerpts of letters sent to and from servicemen during the Vietnam War—was built in the Vietnam Veterans Plaza at 55 Water Street. The dedication of the Memorial followed a Welcome Home parade where more than 25,000 Veterans marched across the Brooklyn Bridge down to Broadway’s Canyon of Heroes. It was the largest ticker-tape parade in New York City’s history.
The Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza was established in 1999 to redesign, fund and rebuild the 90,000 s/f plaza. In November of 2001, the Friends completed the renovation phase by raising $7.1 million from both public and private sectors.
This year’s honoree luncheon was the fourth dedication of the Phelps Award, designed by artist John Phelps who was a Navy Veteran in the Vietnam War. The award is named after Phelps and his son, Chance R. Phelps, who was killed in Falluja, Iraq in 2003.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Trump+honored+for+support+of+US+veterans.-a0180554871