More questions about Trump donation promises

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When Donald Trump released his book Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again in November, a big part of his sales pitch was that the proceeds from the book would go to charity.

“I’m giving them away, the profits of my book,” Trump told reporters during a press conference at Trump Towers.

By March, Crippled America, with a hardcover list price of $25, had sold more than 200,000 copies. Quite a lot of that money has gone to Trump.

Last month, the Republican reported that he had earned between $1 million and $5 million in royalties from Crippled America, according to a disclosure form Trump filed with federal election officials.

At the time, his campaign bragged that Trump had made $557 million in the past 18 months.

Customers who bought Crippled America believed that Trump was giving their money to charity. Several reviews on Amazon laud the billionaire for his supposed generosity. One review emphatically thanks Trump for “Donating Proceeds To Vet Charities!!!“ Another declares, “The proceeds from the sales of this book go to Veterans!”

But it’s not clear how much money from sales of Crippled America, if any, has been donated to veterans, or to any charitable groups.

The Huffington Post reached out to members of Trump’s presidential campaign, and to two senior executives at his company and the book’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, to ask how proceeds of Crippled America were being distributed to charities.

No one responded to our inquiries.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-crippled-america-proceeds_us_5754bde0e4b0ed593f14bdf9
 
It’s possible, of course, that Trump still plans to donate the profits from Crippled America to charity at some point in the future.

There are a number of reasons to be skeptical.

The Washington Post revealed that Trump had yet to follow through on a promise he’d made in January to donate $1 million to veterans’ groups.

Trump only cut a check after the Post ran a story about how Trump was basking in public admiration for a donation he’d never actually made.

When Trump makes promises of this sort, the result is more than just easy publicity. The perception that Trump is giving something away is part of his sales pitch, and he uses it to encourage regular non-millionaires to give him their hard-earned money.

During a fundraising event, Trump asked the public to "join" him in donating money to vets through a website that funneled money to Trump’s private Donald J. Trump Foundation.

In the weeks that followed, people donated over $1.6 million through the website.

Trump has not personally donated to the Donald J. Trump Foundation since 2009.


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-crippled-america-proceeds_us_5754bde0e4b0ed593f14bdf9
 
All the people who voted for Trump because he promised he would be self funded, should sue him for fraud.
If they got "Mexican" judges they would probably win.
LOL
 
Legion Troll said:
Trump is a serial liar, a fraud, a failure, and a phony.
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He is all of that.
and he is no republican.
LOL
“Hillary Clinton I think is a terrific woman,” he told Greta Van Susteren. “I am biased because I have known her for years. I live in New York. She lives in New York. I really like her and her husband both a lot. I think she really works hard. And I think, again, she’s given an agenda, it is not all of her, but I think she really works hard and I think she does a good job. I like her.
 
Leonthecat said:
My guess would be all of them.
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I think he may have finally delivered on his $1 million for veterans, after 4 months of stalling and lying about it. He was shamed by the media when they found out he lied.

That's the only promise I know of that he's kept, so far.
 
Legion Troll said:
I think he may have finally delivered on his $1 million for veterans, after 4 months of stalling and lying about it. He was shamed by the media when they found out he lied.

That's the only promise I know of that he's kept, so far.
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He was forced to keep it.
That's not really "keeping" his word.
 
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