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RandySF

(58,511 posts)
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 08:10 PM Sep 2017

White House walks back promise about Trump donating his personal money to Harvey victims

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.

“I haven’t had a chance to do that,” she said, suggesting she hadn’t yet had a chance to ask the president where the money would be coming from.

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.



https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-walks-back-trumps-promise-to-give-1-million-of-his-personal-money-to-harvey-victims-4691cf5e6dd6/

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White House walks back promise about Trump donating his personal money to Harvey victims (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2017 OP
Honey...that promise is coming right out of his ass Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #1
Press needs to ride em like a rented mule BootinUp Sep 2017 #2
It Was Widely Reported... JimGinPA Sep 2017 #3
Knew that was coming! liberal N proud Sep 2017 #4

Docreed2003

(16,850 posts)
1. Honey...that promise is coming right out of his ass
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 08:44 PM
Sep 2017

Much like the promise of donations to 9/11 and Sandy victims that never materialized!

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