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Trump Is Truly Cheap, and His Charity a "Facade"

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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.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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