What “smell” does Trump giving $100k to the Clinton Foundation give you? That was when Obama was POTUS. What were your politics then?
I was firmly opposed to Donald Trump in the 2016 primaries. I voted for him against Hillary, of course, and was hoping for the best. Within a year, Trump had firmly won me over. I found his personality grating at times but his policies were solid.
Trump's politics have evolved over the years in the right direction. I don't know how early in the Obama Administration, he gave that donation but I'm sure he wouldn't do it now. His position on abortion changed too and his nomination of Justices seem to confirm the sincerity of his conversion.
The money came through Trump’s own foundation, not directly from Trump.
The Clinton Foundation lists Donald J. Trump as a contributor with a cumulative lifetime donation amount between $100,001 to $250,000. It’s not clear if Trump himself made a personal contribution, but tax forms show that the Donald J. Trump Foundation donated $100,000 to the foundation in 2009 and reserved a table at the Clinton Foundation gala for $10,000 in 2010.
Altogether, the Trump Foundation has donated $5.5 million to 298 charities between 2009 and 2013 according to the nonprofit’s tax forms
“I did give to the Clinton Foundation. What I didn’t know is they’d be using it for private aircraft and things like that. The Clinton Foundation was helping with Haiti and with lots of other things and I thought it was going to do some good work. So, it didn’t make any difference to me,” he said on Jan. 31’s Fox News Sunday. “Again, I was a businessman and it was my obligation to get along with everybody, including the Clintons, including Democrats and liberals and Republicans and conservatives.”