As a Donald Trump presidency looms, his claims of donating millions of dollars to charitable causes has been debunked by a months-long Washington Post investigation that concluded his philanthropy has been nothing but a well-constructed “facade.” Trump "spent years constructing an image as a philanthropist by appearing at charity events and by making very public — even nationally televised — promises to give his own money away,” concluded Post reporter David. A. Fahrenthold. “It was, in large part, a facade." That fact is even more troublesome after new findings revealed that most of the foundation’s money has been used to further Trump’s campaign and presidency, with $264,631, for instance, used to renovate a fountain outside Trump’s Plaza Hotel.