Trump Tried to Skim $1 Million from Vet Event/Debate Dodge

Scum ... bag ....

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-veterans-group-donations-timeline

Why Veterans Must Oppose Trump

by JOHN NOONAN March 1, 2016 1:00 PM

"Running scared from a debate hosted by Megyn Kelly in Iowa, Donald Trump instead hosted an Iowa event to, according to his campaign, “raise money for the Veterans and Wounded Warriors, who have been treated so horribly by our all talk, no action politicians.” The $6 million raised went, curiously, straight to Donald Trump’s campaign website — an odd way to fundraise. That money, equally curiously, has yet to find its way to veterans’ groups. When Donald Trump demanded a $5 million ransom from CNN to appear in their December debate, he also used veterans as a foil. Trump claimed he would donate proceeds to wounded warriors. His interest in veterans is sudden. Forbes reported that of the $5.5 million the Donald J. Trump Foundation gave to charity, “only $57,000 has been donated to seven organizations that directly benefit military veterans or their families.” That’s the rough equivalent of a Ford Expedition. It’s a weak showing for a billionaire who claims to be the champion of America’s service members. The fact is, Trump hasn’t done a damn thing for veterans. America’s veterans aren’t dopes. Most recognize a cheap political stunt when they see it. Debates scare Trump silly. So he wears veterans’ service like Kevlar, hoping the nobility of their sacrifice can shield him from the hostility of tough questions. It’s not unexpected behavior from a man who, to judge from his multiple draft deferments, has proven more than happy to let others do the fighting for him. The fact is, Trump hasn’t done a damn thing for veterans. But put that aside for a moment..."





— John Noonan served as national-security adviser to Governors Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney. He is a former captain in the United States Air Force.


Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432162/veterans-donald-trump-oppose-constitution-military

I do not see what the problem is.....I mean for fifty years the Republican Party was using racism to consolidate power, and trump stole their thunder. Since WWII Ike warned us of the Military Industrial Complex robbing America, yet the Republican Party made the war machine and veteran the center of their patriotism, and lo and behold......trump out militarizes them and out veterans them, and you think since WWII that the Military Industrial Complex and the congress they own give a rat's tail about veterans when they ply and lubricate the Republican Congress with campaign donations, so why the sudden concern about a Republican Presidential candidate putting money in his pocket.....nothing new......just he did it better.