On The Apprentice, Trump Would Reportedly Often Say He Was Going To Match The Money Raised With His Own Personal Funds, But Then Wouldn’t, So NBC Allegedly Had To Write The Checks He Promised

He'll keep going until he doesn't get away with it anymore.


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Just last year, Donald Trump was on the failing end of yet another lawsuit he was entangled with. This particular one was gross on a whole other level, though. A New York judge ordered that he pay $2 million in damages to be dispersed to a set of charities after allegations that Trump’s foundation, while he was running for office, misused donated money.

Way back in 2016, at the beginning of the downturn that led us to where we are today, Trump held a fundraiser for veterans of the United States military in Iowa. The proceeds of this event were supposed to be donated to charities, but documents for the case show that $2.82 million dollars in donations received during this fundraiser were misused by the Trump Foundation.

The court’s decision stated that the money raised “was used for Mr. Trump’s political campaign and disbursed by Mr. Trump’s campaign staff, rather than by the Foundation.” If only we could have caught and litigated this before he became virtually immune to crimes like these.

In the end, though, the money raised was disbursed to charities after years of litigation but this is how Trump has always worked, hiding behind the walls of time that our legal system only offers to the rich.

It makes you wonder, though, after the rest of the veil was ripped off by The Atlantic’s report regarding how Donald Trump allegedly feels about our troops, that perhaps he took a special kind of glee in attempting to screw them over.

Apparently, Trump has a long history with this sort of thing.

Noel Casler, a former Apprentice employee, retweeted a post about Trump’s charity donation misuse and said this:

“More ‘losers and suckers’ in Trump’s eyes. On ‘Apprentice’ Trump would often say he was gonna match the money raised with his own personal funds. It was a lie for TV, he never did and NBC had to cut the checks Trump had promised.”

It seems like every day that goes by another set of accusations about the President are unveiled to us, but nothing will change what has always been at the core of it — he is a grifter, a conman, and a liar.

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Chris Gifford

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