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nald Trump could have stood with veterans the day after Memorial Day, praised them, and finally handed over a check for the money he'd promised but so far failed to give them.
He could have pitched their cause as worthy of more support, and highlighted their suicide rate, their struggle to find good jobs. Their suffering from PTSD and brain damage.
All that would have been presidential. Yet for a man who professes to care, Trump said precious little about veterans on Tuesday. Instead, he made this news conference entirely about himself. His persecution complex was on full display as he unloaded a blistering tirade on the press.
He could have pitched their cause as worthy of more support, and highlighted their suicide rate, their struggle to find good jobs. Their suffering from PTSD and brain damage.
All that would have been presidential. Yet for a man who professes to care, Trump said precious little about veterans on Tuesday. Instead, he made this news conference entirely about himself. His persecution complex was on full display as he unloaded a blistering tirade on the press.
Trump says he raised $5.6M for vets, blasts 'dishonest political press'
The original reason Trump set out to do his January fundraiser, you'll recall, was because he didn't want to attend a Fox News debate and face questions from Megyn Kelly. Now he thinks he shouldn't have to face any questions about the money he promised to raise for veterans, either.
He hurled personal insults at reporters for daring to ask how much he was contributing, and to whom -- calling one a "sleaze," and saying the news media "make me look very bad."
He claimed the real reason he spent months dodging their questions is that he's not looking for credit. (This was after Trump bragged on national television about the millions he'd raised for veterans, and posed with two giant $100,000 checks).
Then, hours after Trump finally disclosed the actual dollar amounts and charities, the Associated Press called all 41 groups and spoke with more than two-dozen. It discovered about half the checks he wrote were dated the same day the Washington Post ran a story questioning whether he'd distributed all of the money.
The original reason Trump set out to do his January fundraiser, you'll recall, was because he didn't want to attend a Fox News debate and face questions from Megyn Kelly. Now he thinks he shouldn't have to face any questions about the money he promised to raise for veterans, either.
He hurled personal insults at reporters for daring to ask how much he was contributing, and to whom -- calling one a "sleaze," and saying the news media "make me look very bad."
He claimed the real reason he spent months dodging their questions is that he's not looking for credit. (This was after Trump bragged on national television about the millions he'd raised for veterans, and posed with two giant $100,000 checks).
Then, hours after Trump finally disclosed the actual dollar amounts and charities, the Associated Press called all 41 groups and spoke with more than two-dozen. It discovered about half the checks he wrote were dated the same day the Washington Post ran a story questioning whether he'd distributed all of the money.
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Which raises an obvious question: Did Trump have to be publicly shamed into making his contribution?
This is the basic stuff of political reporting -- not to mention that the candidate in question already faces allegations of fraud in federal court. We've heard convincing testimony that what officials did at Trump University was a scam.
Which raises an obvious question: Did Trump have to be publicly shamed into making his contribution?
This is the basic stuff of political reporting -- not to mention that the candidate in question already faces allegations of fraud in federal court. We've heard convincing testimony that what officials did at Trump University was a scam.
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