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sheshe2

(83,833 posts)
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:32 PM Nov 2017

Trump Foundation Is Shutting Down

What Woah! Due to conflicts of interest. Yeah right.

In a November tax filing, the Trump foundation announced its intention to dissolve and distribute its remaining $970,000 across charities.


The only charity that it will be distributed to is his family. Now that the taxpayers are no longer paying their legal fees...they, the dumpsters need lot's and lot's of dough...

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The Donald J. Trump Foundation, the Trump family’s charitable foundation, is shutting down, NBC News reports. The Trump administration previously announced that the foundation would be phased out, to avoid conflicts of interest. Prominent business people have donated to the foundation, including an Ohio shopping mall developer who was previously convicted of bribing a congressman. In the Trump Foundation’s 2015 tax filings, the foundation admitted that it had transferred money to Donald Trump, who was barred from receiving foundation funding. In a November tax filing, the Trump foundation announced its intention to dissolve and distribute its remaining $970,000 across charities.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-foundation-is-shutting-down
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Trump Foundation Is Shutting Down (Original Post) sheshe2 Nov 2017 OP
Really? Conflicts of interest? He's going to Mar-a-lago tomorrow underpants Nov 2017 #1
Well he is going to meet with his sponsers... sheshe2 Nov 2017 #5
If your yacht doesn't have a submarine... underpants Nov 2017 #7
Lol! sheshe2 Nov 2017 #8
If your jet doesn't have a hot tub... lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #13
I saw it is getting 24/7 Coast Guard protection. HopeAgain Nov 2017 #22
Drumpf would ignore a conflict of interest if it bit him in the ass while simultaneously grabbing rzemanfl Nov 2017 #2
I can see the conversation between GST and Barron jmowreader Nov 2017 #3
I've read that they tried to do this earlier but couldn't because it's under investigation octoberlib Nov 2017 #4
I'd like to know too. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #6
pResidential privilege? sheshe2 Nov 2017 #9
I think it is more like BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #14
Yup to all that too, BP. nt sheshe2 Nov 2017 #15
Twitter saying he still cant do it until AG Schneiderman investigation iluvtennis Nov 2017 #21
This has to mean someone's on his ass legally. Hoping it all falls apart sooner, rather than later.. lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #10
This empty hollow shell of a 'foundation'. Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #11
Thieves and liars. Every damn one of them. lpbk2713 Nov 2017 #12
That $970k is less than the $1.2 million that people donated to St Judes Hospital Tanuki Nov 2017 #16
That is exactly where the rest of it will go as well. sheshe2 Nov 2017 #17
They Have Less Than A Million In Assets.... ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #18
Please . . . HuskyOffset Nov 2017 #19
Of Course, You're Right ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #20
He's using the political "re-election" PAC for his money also. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2017 #23

sheshe2

(83,833 posts)
5. Well he is going to meet with his sponsers...
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:41 PM
Nov 2017
Russian Oligarch Docks His Yacht Close To Mar-A-Lago




Coincidence? Roman Abramovich, a wealthy Russian oligarch, cruised his $400 million yacht into the Port of Palm Beach on Friday afternoon. This is just days before President Trump is to be in Palm Beach to spend the Thanksgiving holiday at Mar-a-Lago. Abramovich’s net worth at $9.5 billion, the world’s 139th-richest person, with major holdings in steel, nickel and oil companies, as well as Britain’s Chelsea soccer team. Presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner has met Abramovich one-on-one and with their wives on a number of occasions. No word on whether Abramovich, 51, said to be a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has met President Trump or will spend time with him during the stay.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/russian-oligarch-docks-his-yacht-close-to-mar-a-lago/vi-BBFcdd8

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)
2. Drumpf would ignore a conflict of interest if it bit him in the ass while simultaneously grabbing
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:35 PM
Nov 2017

Ivanka and Melania's lady parts.

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
3. I can see the conversation between GST and Barron
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:35 PM
Nov 2017

"We're closing down our foundation and distributing the money to the poor."

'Who are the poor?'

"We are."

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
4. I've read that they tried to do this earlier but couldn't because it's under investigation
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:36 PM
Nov 2017

by NY AG Schneidermann. I wonder what changed.

BigmanPigman

(51,615 posts)
14. I think it is more like
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:59 PM
Nov 2017

rich, narcissitic, white male privilege. The Moron has been doing it his entire life (even before he was not elected by popular vote). He really thinks he is better than everyone and so do his children and son-in-law. The law does not apply to any of them and that is how they are able to sleep soundly at night. Meanwhile a lot of the country hasn't been able to sleep for over a year.

lindysalsagal

(20,713 posts)
10. This has to mean someone's on his ass legally. Hoping it all falls apart sooner, rather than later..
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:54 PM
Nov 2017

If the moron were worth what he claims, then a mere mill is pretty pathetic.

lpbk2713

(42,763 posts)
12. Thieves and liars. Every damn one of them.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:55 PM
Nov 2017



Anyone who voted for Trump is responsible for the ruination of this country.

Tanuki

(14,919 posts)
16. That $970k is less than the $1.2 million that people donated to St Judes Hospital
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 08:01 PM
Nov 2017

for pediatric cancer cures but which that despicable monster stuffed in his own damn pocket via the Trump Organization.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/amp/

ProfessorGAC

(65,112 posts)
18. They Have Less Than A Million In Assets....
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 08:51 PM
Nov 2017

...and the ape was using foundation $ on personal expenses????
From a foundation with under 7 figures in assets???
It just gets slimier, and slimier!

ProfessorGAC

(65,112 posts)
20. Of Course, You're Right
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 09:50 PM
Nov 2017

That said, we're all apes!
Some highly evolved and some far less so! I believe we agree as to who fits the latter description

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
23. He's using the political "re-election" PAC for his money also.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 11:58 PM
Nov 2017

He can legally pay his lawyers out of PAC funds.

He has bragged about using OPM (other people's money) for decades now, and has it down to a fine art.
He and Jar-vanka and his sons have been doing it for years too. Even Melania was going to use the WH to make money till threats of a lawsuit stopped her.

Stunning how shameless the entire family is.

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