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TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 03:44 PM Jun 2017

REVEALED: Financial docs show Trump funneled money for kids cancer treatment to his own buinesses

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Newly unearthed financial documents show how charity money raised by the Eric Trump Foundation intended for children’s cancer treatment was funneled back into President Donald Trump’s own businesses.

In a detailed report at Forbes, Dan Alexander reveals that the Eric Trump Foundation redirected money raised through its annual charity golf tournament back into Trump’s own businesses.

Even though Eric Trump had originally set up the golf tournament so that all money raised would go directly to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, sources tell Forbes that the elder Trump grew furious that his younger son let his foundation’s charity use the Trump National Golf Course for free.

“In the early years, they weren’t being billed [for the club]–the bills would just disappear,” Ian Gillule, who used to serve as membership and marketing director at Trump National Westchester explains to Forbes. “Mr. Trump had a cow. He flipped. He was like, ‘We’re donating all of this stuff, and there’s no paper trail? No credit?’ And he went nuts. He said, ‘I don’t care if it’s my son or not — everybody gets billed.'”

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More at the jump:

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/revealed-financial-docs-show-trump-funneled-money-intended-for-kids-cancer-treatment-to-his-own-businesses/


What a low-life scumbag! Think of the children, my ass! Oh, poor Barron. Fuck You, Trump!

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REVEALED: Financial docs show Trump funneled money for kids cancer treatment to his own buinesses (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 OP
How despicable can a person get?! smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #1
I'm sure there's more to be uncovered.. Cha Jun 2017 #37
Kick. dalton99a Jun 2017 #2
But the Clinton Foundation is evil! They took money from evil people!!!!1!!11! Initech Jun 2017 #3
Kick BadgerMom Jun 2017 #4
true to form. expect nothing and get screwed. KewlKat Jun 2017 #5
Despicable fuck Ohioblue22 Jun 2017 #6
K&R... spanone Jun 2017 #7
Damn nt retrowire Jun 2017 #8
Stealing money from kids with cancer? perdita9 Jun 2017 #9
"Mr. Trump had a cow." dchill Jun 2017 #10
Probably billed the charity AND took a deduction. Be nice to see those tax forms. Thor_MN Jun 2017 #11
Give this a BIG Kick!! onecent Jun 2017 #12
No way his kid was simply using the course for free for years. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #13
How is he not in jail for fraud? Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #14
"F*ck yer kids! My Barron gets everything he needs, so who cares." sandensea Jun 2017 #15
I don't even think his fans would care about this. louis-t Jun 2017 #16
So true. They are as bad as he is. Boomerproud Jun 2017 #31
How sad it is to know this is no surprise. cwydro Jun 2017 #17
POS JDC Jun 2017 #18
What a waste orangecrush Jun 2017 #19
Jesus wept...n/t bluecollar2 Jun 2017 #20
Has St Jude dealt with dRumpf since then? leanforward Jun 2017 #21
Soulless monsters mcar Jun 2017 #22
He's the worst person in the world. maveric Jun 2017 #23
"The buck stops here" means the money ends up with Donald Trump muriel_volestrangler Jun 2017 #24
I wonder what kind of monster Baron will grow up into LiberalLovinLug Jun 2017 #25
Deplorable. n/t MontanaMama Jun 2017 #26
I've played in serveral charity golf events were the club donated 1/2 a day underpants Jun 2017 #27
sure, you set a charity, then do all kinds of events.... Thomas Hurt Jun 2017 #28
Rubs cannot argue facts! And the facts will set you free.....and out the door!!! bresue Jun 2017 #29
Can someone please show this to all of "working class" America? Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #30
One these Trump dudes is named Matthew Calamari alcibiades_mystery Jun 2017 #32
Kicking. dchill Jun 2017 #33
Trump Crime Family ecstatic Jun 2017 #34
Can I turn him in to the IRS and get a reward? Ilsa Jun 2017 #35
Sleazeball Republican family values suck Achilleaze Jun 2017 #36
I could have sworn I heard about this last year. unless this is ANOTHER scam?? niyad Jun 2017 #38
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
1. How despicable can a person get?!
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:06 PM
Jun 2017

That is so low as to be almost unbelievable! God, I just hate him so much! I never knew that a human being could be so awful in so many ways.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
37. I'm sure there's more to be uncovered..
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 04:53 AM
Jun 2017

he's already shown us what a pathological Liar he is, a perverted predator, and stealing money from kids with cancer.

And, must add.. in collisional with the Russians to steal an election from Hillary Clinton and the American People.

Initech

(100,081 posts)
3. But the Clinton Foundation is evil! They took money from evil people!!!!1!!11!
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:17 PM
Jun 2017

Argh, fuck the republicans!

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
13. No way his kid was simply using the course for free for years.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 05:29 PM
Jun 2017

Bills don't just disappear. Much of it should have been expensed as charitable contributions. Not that it matters for him for taxes as he admittedly pays no taxes; but you know he has to take credit for everything and that is one way of you monetary gift being recorded.

My assumption. He started having a harder time finding disposable income. I don't believe this guy leveraged or solvent.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
16. I don't even think his fans would care about this.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 05:38 PM
Jun 2017

If it was proven 100%, they still wouldn't bat an eye. They would still think he is 'smart' for doing it.

Boomerproud

(7,955 posts)
31. So true. They are as bad as he is.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:31 PM
Jun 2017

Please play "I could shoot someone on 5th Avenue..." on a loop until it gets through their thick, greedy skulls.

leanforward

(1,076 posts)
21. Has St Jude dealt with dRumpf since then?
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:05 PM
Jun 2017

They like to raise 85% for the kids. Is there an investigative journalist out there with contact within st Jude's fund raising records. Sounds like a "never again" list to me.
The Russians own him.
I am a loyal citizen/American/patriot in opposition to pRezident dRumpf and any GOP lemmings
Follow the money
Impeachment.

maveric

(16,445 posts)
23. He's the worst person in the world.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:08 PM
Jun 2017

Really! What other shitty thing can he do still do to fuck people over?
Geez!

muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts)
24. "The buck stops here" means the money ends up with Donald Trump
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:09 PM
Jun 2017

From the original Forbes story:

"At first the extra bills did not cost the Eric Trump Foundation anything. Shortly before the spike in costs, the Donald J. Trump Foundation donated $100,000 to the Eric Trump Foundation--a gift explicitly made, according to Gillule, to offset the increased budget. Thus, the Eric Trump donors were still seeing their money go to work for kids along the same lines as previous years.

The Eric Trump Foundation declined to comment on that donation. In effect, though, this maneuver would appear to have more in common with a drug cartel's money-laundering operation than a charity's best-practices textbook. That $100,000 in outside donations to the Donald J. Trump Foundation (remember: Trump himself didn't give to his own foundation at this time) passed through the Eric Trump Foundation--and wound up in the coffers of Donald Trump's private businesses.

"His father, Mr. Trump, always, until the presidency, had a very, very tight rein on what was going on," says Gillule, referring to the company's golf courses. "The buck always stopped with him."
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In 2010, the year the economics of the tournament suddenly pivoted, four of the seven original board members, who were personal friends of Eric, left. Those 4 were eventually replaced by 14 new board members, the majority of whom owed all or much of their livelihoods to the Trump Organization. Six of them were effectively full-time employees, including Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and executive vice president Dan Scavino Jr., who both serve in political roles for President Trump. Another owns a company that billed the Trump campaign $16 million. Add in Eric himself, as well as his wife, Lara, and 9 of the 17 Eric Trump Foundation board members had a vested interest in the moneymaking side of the Trump empire. The foundation had become a de facto subsidiary of the Trump Organization.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#6625f5576b4a

This is like an episode of The Sopranos. The dim son actually has a charitable impulse, and organised a genuine functioning, efficient charitable event. Then the father notices how much money is going through it, and steps in to take a piece of the action. And thus the best attempt by the son to get out from under the shadow of his corrupt father is squelched, and he's reeled back into the fetid swamp.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
25. I wonder what kind of monster Baron will grow up into
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:09 PM
Jun 2017

Unlike Trump, he was born into wealth from an infant. And his father is 10x worse of a megalomaniac and narcisist than Donald's. He's proven that you can be a total asshole to others and still win bigly. He is Barons example to live by.

underpants

(182,830 posts)
27. I've played in serveral charity golf events were the club donated 1/2 a day
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:19 PM
Jun 2017

Or way under charged. This is pure scum.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
28. sure, you set a charity, then do all kinds of events....
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:21 PM
Jun 2017

and then you have your own companies provide a venue or services, etc.

But instead of being a stand up guy and providing that for free to the charity, you act the asshole and charge the charity to put a little in your pocket.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
30. Can someone please show this to all of "working class" America?
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:25 PM
Jun 2017

Why do they still believe in the Trump myth?

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
32. One these Trump dudes is named Matthew Calamari
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:33 PM
Jun 2017


Also, Eric Trump has a giant portrait of Trump hanging over his couch. That's weird as fuck.

These people are all fucked up criminals.

ecstatic

(32,712 posts)
34. Trump Crime Family
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:07 PM
Jun 2017

Lock ALL of them up! Well, Melania and Barron can go free but the rest need to be locked up!

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