Donald Trump is skipping tonight's debate because, according to Trump, Fox News and Megyn Kelly have not been nice to him. Trump plans on holding a rally to benefit veterans instead, but The Federalist reports that Trump is funneling all donations for veterans to his personal Donald J Trump Foundation--a charity that has treated veterans as an afterthought in recent years.
From The Federalist:
"Honor their valor," the website, donaldtrumpforvets.com, states. "Donate now to help our Veterans." The website, which is nothing more than a single page with stock photos and a credit card donation form, claims that "100% of your donations will go directly to Veterans needs." There's only one problem: 100% of the money raised on the site goes directly to Donald Trump's personal non-profit foundation, according to a disclosure listed at the bottom of the page. "The Donald J Trump Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization," the disclosure reads. "An email confirmation with a summary of your donation will be sent to the email address provided above."
As Forbes reported in October, the Donald J Trump Foundation barely gave more than $10,000 per year to veterans groups from 2009 to 2013. Trump's net worth is estimated to be $4 billion. Trump's donations to the Clinton Foundation totaled somewhere between $100,000 and $250,000.
Trump's spokeswoman said that "Mr. Trump has made significant financial and in kind contributions to many Veterans organizations, personally and not through the Donald J. Trump foundation." She declined to provide an estimate of how much Trump has personally given to veterans.
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