The best part about all this, according to Eric Trump, is the charity's efficiency: Because he can get his family's golf course for free and have most of the other costs donated, virtually all the money contributed will go toward helping kids with cancer. "We get to use our assets 100% free of charge," Trump tells Forbes.
That's not the case. In reviewing filings from the Eric Trump Foundation and other charities, it's clear that the course wasn't free--that the Trump Organization received payments for its use, part of more than $1.2 million that has no documented recipients past the Trump Organization. Golf charity experts say the listed expenses defy any reasonable cost justification for a one-day golf tournament.
Additionally, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which has come under previous scrutiny for self-dealing and advancing the interests of its namesake rather than those of charity, apparently used the Eric Trump Foundation to funnel $100,000 in donations into revenue for the Trump Organization.
And while donors to the Eric Trump Foundation were told their money was going to help sick kids, more than $500,000 was re-donated to other charities, many of which were connected to Trump family members or interests, including at least four groups that subsequently paid to hold golf tournaments at Trump courses.
The best part about all this, according to Eric Trump, is the charity's efficiency: Because he can get his family's golf course for free and have most of the other costs donated, virtually all the money contributed will go toward helping kids with cancer. "We get to use our assets 100% free of charge," Trump tells Forbes.
That's not the case. In reviewing filings from the Eric Trump Foundation and other charities, it's clear that the course wasn't free--that the Trump Organization received payments for its use, part of more than $1.2 million that has no documented recipients past the Trump Organization. Golf charity experts say the listed expenses defy any reasonable cost justification for a one-day golf tournament.
Additionally, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which has come under previous scrutiny for self-dealing and advancing the interests of its namesake rather than those of charity, apparently used the Eric Trump Foundation to funnel $100,000 in donations into revenue for the Trump Organization.
And while donors to the Eric Trump Foundation were told their money was going to help sick kids, more than $500,000 was re-donated to other charities, many of which were connected to Trump family members or interests, including at least four groups that subsequently paid to hold golf tournaments at Trump courses.
It would be even funnier if the media completely ignored Trump's speech, which very well could happen.
That would be nice, but I think because networks are so afraid of being excluded from future press invitations, they almost always grant a presidential request to broadcast an address or speech.
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"A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can."
That would be nice, but I think because networks are so afraid of being excluded from future press invitations, they almost always grant a presidential request to broadcast an address or speech.
Trump is facing science-focused problems and issues with a key limitation: lack of staffing. As of June 6, Trump had announced a nominee for just seven, or 15 percent, of 46 top science posts in the federal government that require Senate confirmation, according to a Post analysis.
This failure to fill top science jobs across the federal government has become even more pointed in light of his Paris choice. Recaps of Trump’s decision-making process have highlighted many influences upon it, but none of them principally scientific in nature.
It’s also not clear whom he would consult for advice about climate change: Trump has not appointed a presidential science adviser, nor has he appointed a head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a lead federal agency that focuses on climate change science, or a chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
Spicer just said that Trump tweets are "official statements of the president". If that's the case, all of Trump's actions and all of the tweets made where he superceded his advisers, press corps, government officials are now subject to legal challenge as they are the official position of the White House. Thursday's post-Comey testimony tweets should be gold for the courts.
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In one sentence Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer just eliminated any doubt you may have about whether the media should pay attention to President Trump's tweets.
“The president is the president of the United States, so they are considered official statements by the president of the United States,” he said in response to a reporter's question.
(Are you listening, Republican leaders in Congress? That includes you. More on that later …)
In other words: Duh, we should pay attention to Trump's tweets. He's the president. What he says can move financial markets, move Congress, move world leaders and move people across the globe. What Trump says matters.
Spicer just said that Trump tweets are "official statements of the president". If that's the case, all of Trump's actions and all of the tweets made where he superceded his advisers, press corps, government officials are now subject to legal challenge as they are the official position of the White House.
that's true, but the left shouldn't obsess over them so much, they should be discussing the Presidents policies like infrastructure, tax reform and health care.
It might be because the President comes off as a low IQ, mentally unstable, idiot, when you read his tweets.
that's true, but the left shouldn't obsess over them so much, they should be discussing the Presidents policies like infrastructure, tax reform and health care.
It might be because the President comes off as a low IQ, mentally unstable, idiot, when you read his tweets.
They should be obsessed over in conjunction with his actions. For some issues, particularly the travel ban Executive Orders, courts can now reference the tweets as the "official" motivation behind the orders and can strike them down accordingly.
As the White House braces for former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony Thursday, sources tell ABC News the relationship between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become so tense that Sessions at one point recently even suggested he could resign.
The friction between the two men stems from the attorney general's abrupt decision in March to recuse himself from anything related to the Russia investigation -- a decision the president only learned about minutes before Sessions announced it publicly. Multiple sources say the recusal is one of the top disappointments of his presidency so far and one the president has remained fixated on.
Trump’s anger over the recusal has not diminished with time. Two sources close to the president say he has lashed out repeatedly at the attorney general in private meetings, blaming the recusal for the expansion of the Russia investigation, now overseen by Special Counsel and former FBI Director Robert Mueller.
But sources say the frustration runs both ways, prompting the resignation offer from Sessions.
Interestingly enough, a lot of women have the same thought as Comey
And all of the Trumptards were boasting how happy they were going to be, as Trump was going to be such a bigly uniter, after 8 years of the Devils divider.
Wonder what kind of a grade they would give him now.
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