Disaster relief & donald trump

[Industrialsize]

I though Trump donating a million was very generous. How much did Obama, Hillary or Biden donate? Nothing?

Trump hasn't donated a penny.

 

[MikesJohnson]

Trump hasn't donated a penny.

He pledged to. How much has Obama and Hillary pledged, nothing?

 

[Industrialsize]

He doesn't have a good record for fulfilling his pledged donations. It takes being embarrassed by the media to fulfill them:
Four months after fundraiser, Trump says he gave $1 million to veterans group
Almost four months after promising $1 million of his own money to veterans’ causes, Donald Trump moved to fulfill that pledge Monday evening — promising the entire sum to a single charity as he came under intense media scrutiny.

Trump, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, organized a nationally televised fundraiser for veterans’ causes in Des Moines on Jan. 28. That night, Trump said he had raised $6 million, including the gift from his own pocket.

“Donald Trump gave $1 million,” he said then.

As recently as last week, Trump’s campaign manager had insisted that the mogul had already given that money away. But that was false: Trump had not.

In recent days, The Washington Post and other media outlets had pressed Trump and his campaign for details about how much the fundraiser had actually raised and whether Trump had given his portion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ion-to-veterans-group/?utm_term=.5bdf31cd4779

 

[MikesJohnson]

If Trump reneges I'll be the first to complain.

Any chance Hillary and Barack could donate? Could they spare $100 each?

 

[Industrialsize]

White House walks back promise about Trump donating his ‘personal money’ to Harvey victims
A subtle but significant shift.
On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that President Trump would donate $1 million of his “personal money” to Hurricane Harvey victims. But on Friday, she wasn’t so sure.

Asked by a reporter if she knew whether Trump’s donation would be “coming from his own money or from the Trump Foundation,” Sanders dodged.

During the campaign, reporting by the Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold and others demonstrated that Trump treated his foundation — which he hadn’t personally donated to since 2008 — like a personal expense account. Trump was also shown to have repeatedly exaggerated his giving.
If Trump does indeed donate his “personal money” to Harvey victims, it’d represent a break from the pattern he established since the time of his last donation to the Trump Foundation in 2008. As Fahrenthold reported just days before the election, Trump’s “personal giving has almost disappeared entirely in recent years.”
“After calling 420-plus charities with some connection to Trump, The Post found only one personal gift from Trump between 2008 and the spring of this year,” Fahrenthold added. “That was a gift to the Police Athletic League of New York City, in 2009. It was worth less than $10,000.”
https://thinkprogress.org/white-hou...ersonal-money-to-harvey-victims-4691cf5e6dd6/

 

[Industrialsize]

Donald Trump can’t donate $1 million from his foundation to Houston because it’s under investigation
On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that he’d be donating $1 million to Hurricane Harvey relief in Houston to much fanfare.
But the same journalist who documented his failure to follow through with a similarly-sized donation during 2012’s Hurricane Sandy said that might not be possible.

“It’s my understanding that [the Trump Foundation] can’t make donations now, while it’s under investigation by NY AG,” Washington Post‘s David Farenthold tweeted Friday night.

The tweet was in response to White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee-Sanders’ saying she hadn’t yet asked the president whether the funds would come from Trump’s personal checkbook or from his foundation.

The Donald J. Trump Foundation has been under investigation by the New York attorney general since before the election, when news broke that the then-candidate “donated” $25,000 to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to drop their investigation into his controversial Trump University.


The Eric Trump Foundation is also under investigation by the New York AG after reports revealed the father and son foundations were “self-dealing” funds to each other.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/don...n-to-houston-because-its-under-investigation/

 

[MikesJohnson]

We'll see what happens. Is there any reason Barack and Hillary haven't pledged anything yet?

Cue the crickets.

 

[rbkwp]

and the shitheads 'really happy' no ones mentioned it could be associated with Climate Change huh

ooooh forgot
theyve done an American thang and removed CC from being mentioned huh another win to the Trumplovers

BREAKING NEWS
President Trump met with survivors on his second visit to Texas since Harvey. "They're really happy" with recovery efforts, he said.
Saturday, September 2, 2017 3:08 PM EDT
An upbeat President Trump landed Saturday morning in Houston to get a firsthand look at a flooded and mud-choked metropolis devastated by Hurricane Harvey’s record-setting rainfall and storm surge, declaring himself “very happy” with rescue and recovery efforts.

 

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White House walks back promise about Trump donating his ‘personal money’ to Harvey victims
A subtle but significant shift.
On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that President Trump would donate $1 million of his “personal money” to Hurricane Harvey victims. But on Friday, she wasn’t so sure.

Asked by a reporter if she knew whether Trump’s donation would be “coming from his own money or from the Trump Foundation,” Sanders dodged.

During the campaign, reporting by the Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold and others demonstrated that Trump treated his foundation — which he hadn’t personally donated to since 2008 — like a personal expense account. Trump was also shown to have repeatedly exaggerated his giving.
If Trump does indeed donate his “personal money” to Harvey victims, it’d represent a break from the pattern he established since the time of his last donation to the Trump Foundation in 2008. As Fahrenthold reported just days before the election, Trump’s “personal giving has almost disappeared entirely in recent years.”
“After calling 420-plus charities with some connection to Trump, The Post found only one personal gift from Trump between 2008 and the spring of this year,” Fahrenthold added. “That was a gift to the Police Athletic League of New York City, in 2009. It was worth less than $10,000.”
https://thinkprogress.org/white-hou...ersonal-money-to-harvey-victims-4691cf5e6dd6/

It'd be nice if he did carry through with his promise to donate 1 million of his personal money... would be pretty damned foolish NOT to, considering people will be watching. But yes, he HAS played "fast and loose" (as in LIED) about his charitable contributions, as reported in these two articles I posted back in October:

Trump boasts about his philanthropy. But his giving falls short of his words. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/trump-charity-donations/
Searching for evidence of Trump’s personal giving - Washington Post

 

[TexanStar]

I though Trump donating a million was very generous. How much did Obama, Hillary or Biden donate? Nothing?

Heya Johnny.

Trump's donated nothing yet. Claims he's still trying to identify which charities to give it to.

I don't pick on anyone for the amount they donate, be it a lot or a little, every bit counts. But you're giving him credit right now for a $0 donation. He's donated absolutely nothing so far. He only said that he would.

 

[MikesJohnson]

Heya Johnny.

Trump's donated nothing yet. Claims he's still trying to identify which charities to give it to.

I don't pick on anyone for the amount they donate, be it a lot or a little, every bit counts. But you're giving him credit right now for a $0 donation. He's donated absolutely nothing so far. He only said that he would.

I guess you took me off "ignore".

If Trump doesn't follow through I'll retract the "credit" I gave him and then condemn him for being full of shit.

How about you? When is Obama and Hillary going to scrape up a hundred dollars for the cause? Cue the shill act.

 

[Klingsor]

I guess you took me off "ignore".

If Trump doesn't follow through I'll retract the "credit" I gave him and then condemn him for being full of shit.

How about you? When is Obama and Hillary going to scrape up a hundred dollars for the cause? Cue the shill act.

How about we hold all of them to their publicly stated promises.

 

[MikesJohnson]

How about we hold all of them to their publicly stated promises.

Absolutely. How about the one where you can keep your doctor? No one on the batted an eye. He'll, the left here is still blowing Bozo Obama.

 

[Klingsor]

Absolutely. How about the one where you can keep your doctor? No one on the batted an eye. He'll, the left here is still blowing Bozo Obama.

I always thought it was the wrong thing to say. Call it a lie or overconfidence; either way, he should have known better. It was clear all along that substandard insurance plans wouldn't pass muster under the new rules. Since that's not such a bad thing, Obama should have come out and said so up front.

 

[Max_Polo]

Call it a lie or overconfidence; either way, he should have known better.

It was a lie.

either way, he should have known better.

They did know better.

 

[Klingsor]

It was a lie . . . They did know better.

I find it hard to imagine otherwise. At the same time, I find it hard to accept that Obama would repeatedly emphasize such a crucial point if he *knew* it would come back to bite him in the butt the way it did.

*I* wouldn't do that. But maybe that's why I'm not a politician.

 

[Max_Polo]

I find it hard to imagine otherwise. *I* wouldn't do that. But maybe that's why I'm not a politician.

Nailed it again. To argue they were confused would be a little silly at this point.

 

[rbkwp]

looks like the dodo idiot reality president has realiized its not the 2nd comming of whomever your reliigion is

he just aint no superhero he makes out to be, aint going to quell IRMAS wrath by denying she may be extra annoyed by humankinds meddling with GW/CC

and its followers follow like little sheep, altho deep down i would suggest they are in 2 minds now, well those who are capable of thinking with 2 minds?
NOT that they would ever admit it

been saying before its pre and win its a total idiot supremo

-todays LPSG tweet


and
whats this begging congress for a measly 7.8 billion initially, when its purportedly needing 100 billion plus
plus FLORIDA to come??

not so easy making a country great again huh duh?

 

[phonehome]

On the front of "if you like your insurance you can keep it"

Here is how I always thought they saw that as being true.

OK you have this insurance, so called "catastrophic insurance"

What supposedly "everybody" is bitching about "not being able to keep"

In reality it covers nothing that you are likely to get, no checkups no flu shots or anything like that, no RX drugs, some no matter the cost specifically exclude anything other than "cancer" it has sky high deductible 5 even 10 grand and you are paying thousands of dollars a year for basically nothing. If you are lucky and have nothing major happens for 5 years you will have pissed away easily 10 and maybe 20 grand and if you fall a sprain or even break your ankle in year 6 you will be out that 5 maybe 10 grand it costs before your insurance pays dollar one.

Also most if not all gave that insurance company VIA "recision" to even refuse to pay then.

So for going on 6 years you have paid for what ever 100% out of pocket as if you had no insurance plus paid in maybe 20 grand in premiums (for nothing) and another 5 grand you very well may not have in conjunction with your first claim. all to get that insurance company to pay 5 maybe 10 grand tops,

If they pay anything at all.

Considering the much more affordable plans available VIA the exchanges that actually covered most if not all of what you were paying out of pocket and cost less overall I am sure they looked at it and said "who in their right mind would keep the former because they "liked it"

Also prior to 08 when ACA was just 3 letters that stood for nothing people were told "you can not keep your DR." all the time.

 

[rbkwp]

impressed with the Governr of Florida and others for putting the warnings out there promptly

Hurricane Irma: The Fake News and False Rumors Going Viral as Storm Approaches
Rumors about sharks being swept into the hurricane and a false belief about how to protect properties are among those which have been circulated.

http://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-irma-fake-news-false-rumors-spread-storm-662419