STOLE MORE THAN $1 MILLION FROM TO CHARITY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER.
IN THEIR DEFENSE, I GUESS, IT WAS THEIR CHARITY THEY WERE
ROBBING.
BUT THE MONEY WAS STILL INTENDED FOR KIDS WITH CANCER,
AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT IF YOU RAISE MONEY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER
YOU SHOULD GIVE IT TO THEM, AND NOT SPEND IT ON PORTRAITS OF
YOURSELF.
BUT IT WAS INTERESTING, THE FORBES WORK TO
UNCOVER THIS --
>>THIS WAS MOSTLY GOLF COURSES, ALSO RESTAURANTS --
>>BASICALLY ERIC TRUMP SETS UP THIS CHARITY, TO HIS CREDIT,
USING TRUMP GOLF COURSES TO RAISE MONEY FOR KIDS WITH
CANCER.
AND A YEAR OR TWO GOES BY WHERE EVERYTHING SEEMS
ABOVEBOARD, AND YES, THEY HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY TO DO THE
CHARITY, BUT ALL CHARITIES HAVE EXPENSES, THE REST OF THE MONEY
GOES TO KIDS WITH CANCER.
BUT THINGS GO AWRY ALONG THE WAY.
WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY THEY GO AWRY, APPARENTLY --
>>SO THEY HOLD A GOLF COURSE CHARITY TOURNAMENT, THEY RAISE A
BUNCH OF MONEY, GIVE IT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HOLD GOLF
TOURNAMENTS, CHARITY TREATMENTS, WHICH THEY THEN PAY THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION TO HOLD.
HERE'S THE PROBLEM, IT STARTED OFF WITH
ERIC TRUMP GETTING TO USE THESE RESOURCES FOR FREE, AFTER ALL
IT'S HIS FAMILY'S, THEN --
>>ONE OF THE MARKETING DIRECTORS SAID --
>>THAT IS INSANE.
>>BASICALLY THEY BEGAN TAKING IN THE DONATION MONEY THAT THEY
HADN'T PREVIOUSLY NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE COURSE, AND KEEPING IT.
BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING AND FAR WORSE THAN THAT WAS IN THE FIRST
YEAR IT SUPPOSEDLY COST $50,000 FOR THIS ONE-DAY TOURNAMENT,
WHICH SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO ME BUT I DON'T WANT TO
CHARITY, FINE.
MAYBE IT COSTS $50,000.
THE COST BEGINS TO
BALLOON, MORE THAN TRIPLING WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND
NOW THE MONEY IS BEING HELD BY THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION.
WHICH
MEANS THEY AREN'T JUST PROFITING OFF OF IT, THEY ARE RATCHETING
UP THE COST SO THEY CAN PROFIT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE
MONEY, THE REMAINING MONEY, GOES TO THE CHARITY.
>>DOES THIS SURPRISE ANYONE?
>>YEAH.
KIDS.
>>IF YOU HEAR THE DETAILS OF THE STORY AND ARE SURPRISED, YOU
HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.
TRUMP CLAIMED TO RAISE MONEY FOR
VETERANS, THEN IT WAS DISCLOSED THAT MONEY DIDN'T GO TO THE
VETERANS.
RED FLAG NUMBER ONE.
ANOTHER RED FLAG THAT CAME TO
LIGHT DURING THE ELECTIONS WAS HE HAD THIS SUPER QUESTIONABLE
UNIVERSITY OPERATING THAT JUST EXPLOITED PEOPLE WHO WANTED
BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEMSELVES.
HE SCAMMED STUDENTS
AND HAD TO PAY A $25 MILLION SETTLEMENT AS A RESULT.
HE HAS A
HISTORY OF EXPORTING DISENFRANCHISED PEOPLE,
EXPLOITING POWERLESS PEOPLE, JUST SO HE CAN MAKE A BUCK.
AND
HERE'S A QUESTION -- IF YOU ARE A BILLIONAIRE AND YOU ARE SO
WEALTHY THAT YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SHARE HOW WEALTHY YOU ARE
WITH THE WORLD ON A DAILY BASIS, WHY YOU NEED TO RUN THESE SCAM
CHARITIES AND THESE SCAM UNIVERSITIES JUST TO MAKE A BUCK
OUT OF THE NEEDIEST PEOPLE?
WHY?
>>I'M NOT SURE THIS IS CRIMINAL, BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT IS CRIMINAL
TO KIND OF REDEPLOY -- TO MISLEAD DONORS AND THEN REDEPLOY
THAT MONEY TO YOU AND I GUESS MEMBERS OF YOUR BOARD WHO
ARE ALSO ON YOUR PAYROLL.
>>AND PROBABLY IN YOUR FAMILY.
>>AND THIS IS THE LAW AND ORDER CANDIDATE.
IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE
OKAY WITH CERTAIN CRIMES, PARTICULARLY HIS SUPPORTERS.
THEY LIKE THAT HE DIDN'T PAY TAXES AND CAN KIND OF SKIRT
TRADITIONAL NORMS, AS LONG AS CAPITAL IS WHAT'S TO GAIN.
>>THEY CONSIDER HIM SMART.
BUT THEY DIDN'T CONSIDER HILLARY
SMART WHEN SHE RAISED MONEY IN WAYS THEY DISAGREED WITH.
IS A
DOUBLE STANDARD, HILLARY DESERVED THE CRITICISM SHE GOT
-- HE CERTAINLY DESERVE THE CRITICISM +100 BECAUSE HE'S 100
TIMES WORSE IN WHAT HE DOES.
HILLARY CLINTON DIDN'T GO OUT OF
HER WAY TO EXPLOIT KIDS WITH CANCER TO MAKE
A BUCK.