Trump's Lies About Vet Donations Especially Shameful Day After Memorial Day

Trump is outraged that his alleged largess towards veterans' organizations have become public fodder.

After all, he clearly never wanted any of this to be public as is clear from the noisy event he held opposite the GOP debate just before the Iowa Caucus.

"Donald Trump, whose entire campaign can seem like an experiment in free media, was simply trying to keep a low profile when he held an impromptu, televised fundraiser for veterans groups back in January in lieu of attending a GOP primary debate."

"At least that’s the story the presumptive Republican nominee was spinning to dozens of reporters gathered in the lobby of Trump Tower Tuesday morning—and to millions more watching the cable networks’ live blanket coverage of the entire 40-minute press conference—as he chastised the media for failing to give him his due, blasting one reporter as a “sleaze” and another as “a real beauty."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-veterans-donations-223730#ixzz4AGJUWyva

Yep, how Masterly Persuasive of him. He has persuaded me that as President freedom of the press will go the way of the dodo bird.

Trump continues to throw invective at the judge in his Trump University trail. He ought to be grateful to the man who pushed back the date of the hearing until after the election.

Great for him, not so great for the people he ripped off. What do you think their chances are of winning the trial if he wins the election?

I'm sure the judge who is refusing to hold a hearing for him because he's the Republican Presidential nominee will indict him if he wins.

Trump thanked the judge by saying he is biased and slurred him as a Mexican. This is a Master Negotiator? The judge responded to his invective by unsealing the record of the case. 

In today's news conference which had no news, Trump suggested that simply in asking questions about these donations that he boasted about, somehow breaks libel laws.

"Despite his professions of disgust at the media for forcing him to respond to its lingering questions about his fundraising, Trump held forth with reporters for nearly 45 minutes. He tangled with CNN’s Jim Acosta and Fox News Channel’s Carl Cameron, and blasted Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, who is trying to recruit a mainstream conservative to step forward as an independent candidate to prevent Trump from winning the White House, calling him “a loser” whose magazine “is failing.”

"Trump suggested that their stories are “probably libelous” and warned that he’s willing to stay on the offensive against the press, all while the television networks continued to broadcast his remarks for free to millions of viewers."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-veterans-donations-223730#ixzz4AGMLzdsZ

Meanwhile, it remains how much he actually raised for veterans groups and how much he personally contributed. His press conference, ostensibly about that, contained no such information.

"During the Trump Tower press conference, Trump announced that he raised $5.6 million for veterans groups, down from the $6 million he originally said that he raised for veterans group at the January fundraiser he held in lieu of attending a Fox News debate. But since his initial claim, it's been unclear just how much Trump raised, how much he personally donated to veterans groups, and which groups received donations as a result of the fundraiser. Trump on Tuesday characterized the number as "almost $6 million."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-veterans-press-ashamed

It seems that in truth he never raised a dime in January as he claimed but that he now may have wrote a personal check for $1 million late last week when he was questioned about it.

Trump's lies about the help he didn't' give to veteran's groups is particularly shameful the day after Memorial Day. I spoke to a vet yesterday and thanked him for his service.

I was struck by how grateful he was for this recognition. For this day to be followed by Trump's shameful lies is particularly offensive for this vet and the many like him.

America, we are on trial.