Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
It's just not in his nature.
More questions about Trump donation promises
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It's just not in his nature.
Legion Troll
A fine upstanding poster
His followers think that lying constantly is an admirable trait, don't they?
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
It' not PC. That's all they care.
Legion Troll
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Trump promised to donate the profits from sales of his vodka to charity, didn't he?
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
Legion Troll
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Trump, of course, disputes the characterization that Trump Vodka was a flop.
It “was a successful product, which continues to be popular abroad, and ultimately morphed into expanding my interests in the spirits industry,” Trump said in a statement to Bloomberg.
Trump failed to mention that he sued Drinks America in 2011, alleging it failed to pay him the full amount promised from Trump Vodka. Trump demanded $4.8 million from his former partners, according to legal filings.
Trump recounted on Larry King’s CNN show that “a great company came to me and they wanted to do a vodka. I’m giving the money to charity.”
Despite Trump’s promises, there appears to be no record he donated money from Trump Vodka to charity.
Questions surrounding the Trump Vodka proceeds are the latest entry on a list of promises Trump has made to donate money to charity, only to seemingly fail to follow through.
In late May, The Washington Post revealed that Trump had not made good on a promise in January to donate $1 million to military veterans’ groups. Trump only cut a check after the Post’s article was published on May 24, calling out the billionaire.
Trump also faces questions about what happened to money from his most recent book, Crippled America, which he pledged to donate to charity.
Trump reported earning more than $1 million in royalties from the book. But there were no signs that he gave away any of it.
His staff refused to answer questions.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-vodka-charity_us_575740f2e4b0a3d6fbd31033
It “was a successful product, which continues to be popular abroad, and ultimately morphed into expanding my interests in the spirits industry,” Trump said in a statement to Bloomberg.
Trump failed to mention that he sued Drinks America in 2011, alleging it failed to pay him the full amount promised from Trump Vodka. Trump demanded $4.8 million from his former partners, according to legal filings.
Trump recounted on Larry King’s CNN show that “a great company came to me and they wanted to do a vodka. I’m giving the money to charity.”
Despite Trump’s promises, there appears to be no record he donated money from Trump Vodka to charity.
Questions surrounding the Trump Vodka proceeds are the latest entry on a list of promises Trump has made to donate money to charity, only to seemingly fail to follow through.
In late May, The Washington Post revealed that Trump had not made good on a promise in January to donate $1 million to military veterans’ groups. Trump only cut a check after the Post’s article was published on May 24, calling out the billionaire.
Trump also faces questions about what happened to money from his most recent book, Crippled America, which he pledged to donate to charity.
Trump reported earning more than $1 million in royalties from the book. But there were no signs that he gave away any of it.
His staff refused to answer questions.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-vodka-charity_us_575740f2e4b0a3d6fbd31033
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
Lots of pledges and never any contribution.
I see a pattern.
I see a pattern.
Legion Troll
A fine upstanding poster
Trump said he gave $1 million to charity from his board game. There's no evidence that he ever did.
“I hope the game makes many millions of dollars,” Trump told reporters, adding that the real beneficiaries would be groups that funded research into AIDS, cerebral palsy care, and multiple sclerosis.
By August 1990, about 18 months after the game was unveiled, Trump said it had sold more than 800,000 copies. His donations to charity from the game, Trump said, had been around $1 million.
So where did Trump’s proceeds go?
While it’s impossible to calculate how much Trump’s promises influenced the people who eventually bought Trump’s licensed goods, press coverage of his promises made Trump look like a selfless millionaire, only interested in helping good causes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-charity-lies_us_575b4094e4b00f97fba86ae1?utm_hp_ref=politics
“I hope the game makes many millions of dollars,” Trump told reporters, adding that the real beneficiaries would be groups that funded research into AIDS, cerebral palsy care, and multiple sclerosis.
By August 1990, about 18 months after the game was unveiled, Trump said it had sold more than 800,000 copies. His donations to charity from the game, Trump said, had been around $1 million.
So where did Trump’s proceeds go?
While it’s impossible to calculate how much Trump’s promises influenced the people who eventually bought Trump’s licensed goods, press coverage of his promises made Trump look like a selfless millionaire, only interested in helping good causes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-charity-lies_us_575b4094e4b00f97fba86ae1?utm_hp_ref=politics
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
No doubt, it is for reasons like this he insists on hiding his income taxes.
Legion Troll
A fine upstanding poster
I hear he has much less wealth than he claims. He may not have the cash to run his campaign. That's why he is taking money from donors now, and meeting with lobbyists behind closed doors.
His supporters will overlook this stunning contradiction, I'm sure.
Scrutiny of Trump’s claims of charitable giving has intensified in recent weeks, sparked by evidence that Trump lied about giving $1 million to veterans’ groups.
It wasn’t until The Washington Post demanded to see evidence of his gift that Trump finally wrote a check, in late May.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-charity-lies_us_575b4094e4b00f97fba86ae1?utm_hp_ref=politics
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
I see it as obvious that he is nowhere as wealthy as he claims.
Legion Troll
A fine upstanding poster
His empty boast to be 100% self-financed is proof of that.
Trump’s pledge involving “Trump: The Game” bears a strong resemblance to Crippled America, and to Trump Vodka. In each case, Trump promised large sums of money to charity as part of a pitch to help sell a product.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-charity-lies_us_575b4094e4b00f97fba86ae1?utm_hp_ref=politics
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
That's it exactly. It is just a sales pitch and no one called him on them until he started running for President.
Legion Troll
A fine upstanding poster
Hasn't he run - and lost - before?