Trump: 'Nothing like doing things with other people's money'
All In with Chris Hayes 9/20/16
Trump: 'Nothing like doing things with other people's money'
According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump used a quarter of a million dollars from his charitable foundation - which he hasn't funded since 2009 - to settle two legal disputes. Duration: 2:58
How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other people’s money
By David A. Fahrenthold
Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler. It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity — the Palm Beach Police Foundation — for his “selfless support” of its cause.
His support did not include any of his own money.
Instead, Trump had found a way to give away somebody else’s money and claim the credit for himself.
Trump had earlier gone to a charity in New Jersey — the Charles Evans Foundation, named for a deceased businessman — and asked for a donation. Trump said he was raising money for the Palm Beach Police Foundation.
READ MORE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ho...
Trump: 'Nothing like doing things with other people's money'
According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump used a quarter of a million dollars from his charitable foundation - which he hasn't funded since 2009 - to settle two legal disputes. Duration: 2:58
How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other people’s money
By David A. Fahrenthold
Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler. It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity — the Palm Beach Police Foundation — for his “selfless support” of its cause.
His support did not include any of his own money.
Instead, Trump had found a way to give away somebody else’s money and claim the credit for himself.
Trump had earlier gone to a charity in New Jersey — the Charles Evans Foundation, named for a deceased businessman — and asked for a donation. Trump said he was raising money for the Palm Beach Police Foundation.
READ MORE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ho...
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