TRUMP HAS NOW ANNOUNCED THAT IN ADDITION TO THE FEDERAL AND
STATE LEVEL FUNDING THAT WILL GO TO HURRICANE RECOVERY, HE WILL
ALSO PERSONALLY DONATE $1 MILLION.
MAYBE, WE'LL SEE ABOUT
THAT --
SHE ALSO COULDN'T SAY WHERE
THE MONEY WOULD BE DONATED TO,
OR ANY INFORMATION WHICH WOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE THAT HIS
INSURANCE THAT HE WILL DONATE THIS MONEY IS ANYTHING MORE THAN
AN OFFHAND COMMENT THAT WILL AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.
WHETHER IT
COMES FROM HIS MONEY OR THE ORGANIZATION'S MONEY IS NOT AN
ACADEMIC QUESTION --
HE MIGHT NOT REMEMBER IT EXISTS.
IT DOES GET MONEY FROM
OTHER PEOPLE, SO PERHAPS HE WILL DONATE A MILLION OF SOMEONE
ELSE'S DOLLARS TO THE RECOVERY, BUT I WOULDN'T EVEN COUNT ON
THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE IDEA OF WHETHER SARAH
HUCKABEE SANDERS IS SURE WHETHER THIS WOULD EVEN HAPPEN, YOU CAN
GET INTO ANOTHER RESPONSE OF HERS --
WOW.
I MEAN, COME ON.
A COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, HE SAID THE SAME THING AFTER
SUPER STORM SANDY.
IN FACT, HE PROMISED GOVERNOR CHRIS
CHRISTIE'S WIFE HE WOULD GIVE $1 MILLION.
HE SAID TELL ME WHAT THE NUMBER IS AND I'LL WRITE THE CHECK.
HOW MUCH DOES THE CHECK NEED TO BE?
TELL ME AND I'LL SEND IT.
GUESS HOW MUCH HE SENT.
NOTHING, DONUT.
HE'S A NOTORIOUS
LIAR.
AND THIS YEAR HE SAID HE WOULD DONATE MILLIONS TO A VETERANS
GROUP AFTER PISSING THEM OFF, JOURNALISTS FOLLOWED UP LATER
AND ONLY IN RESPONSE TO THAT INVESTIGATION DID HE FINALLY
DONATE THE MONEY WHEN THE WEIGHT OF PUBLIC SHAME WAS ON HIM.
BUT THAT ONE HE GOES VAGUE NEWS, I WAS GOING TO DO IT
ANYWAY.
IN THAT CASE AT LEAST AFTER THE SHAMING HE GAVE THE
MONEY, FOR SANDY HE SAID I'M GOING TO GIVE $1 MILLION, HE
NEVER DID.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY HE KEEPS GETTING HIMSELF IN THE
SAME MESS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DONATE THE
MONEY, YOU HAVEN'T DONATED THE MONEY UNLESS THERE WAS
TREMENDOUS PUBLIC PRESSURE FORCING YOU TO, SO STOP SAYING
YOU ARE GOING TO PERSONALLY DONATE ANY MONEY.
I GET IT,
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL FALL FOR IT HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER,
THEY WON'T READ THE FOLLOW-UPS, AND THEY WILL THINK WHAT A
STANDUP GUY, DONATING THIS MONEY.
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE SKEPTICAL OF HIS CLAIMS TO FOLLOW UP AND THEY
KNOW HE'S LYING.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, THERE WERE VETERANS WHO
WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM DURING THE ELECTION AND NOW THEY
ARE KIND OF RAISING THEIR EYEBROWS AND REALIZING ALL MY
GOD, HE'S ACTUALLY NOT INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING US
WHATSOEVER, HE USED US AS PROPS.
HE'S REALLY JUST HURTING
HIMSELF, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HIM ADVICE TO HELP HIM, SO KEEP
DOING YOU, BOO, BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW ASTONISHINGLY STUPID HE IS.
I DON'T KNOW.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHY HE DOES IT.
FIRST OF ALL IN
THE PAST WHEN HE WAS A CELEBRITY NO ONE EVER FOLLOWED UP.
HE
WOULD SAY I'M GIVING $1 MILLION, NO ONE BOTHERED TO CHECK SIX
MONTHS LATER IF HE EVER DID.
AND HE WOULD GET HEADLINES.
DONALD
TRUMP -- SOMETIMES THEY WOULD SAY OFFERS $1 MILLION, SOMETIMES
THEY WOULD SAY GIVES $1 MILLION.
AND SINCE HE NEVER GOT CAUGHT IN
HIS LIES HE THOUGHT THERE WAS NO CONSEQUENCES.
EVERY TIME I GET
THIS WONDERFUL BENEFIT OF GREAT PUBLICLY FOR MYSELF, AND I SEEM
LIKE A WONDERFUL PERSON, THEN I NEVER GIVE THE MONEY, THESE
IDIOT REPORTERS NEVER CHECK UP.
NOW IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU
WERE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, YOU ARE PRESENT, BUT IT'S BECOME
PATHOLOGICAL.
HE CAN'T HELP HIMSELF.
IF I HAD HIM HERE IN
THIS ROOM, WHATEVER IS PROVABLE, IS THERE A MUG IN FRONT OF YOU,
HE WOULD BE LIKE, NO THERE ISN'T.
AS LONG AS IT SUITS HIS
PURPOSE.
IS YOUR HAIR ORANGE?
NO, IT'S BLACK.
HE CAN'T HELP
HIMSELF BECAUSE HE HAS HAD NO CONSEQUENCES TO HIS LYING.
AND
THE THIRD PART OF WHY HE DOES IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS SOME LOGIC
IN IT.
IT'S WHAT THE PENTAGON DOES A LOT, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT
I WILL JUST INVENT A TERM RIGHT NOW, DISPROPORTIONATE HEADLINES.
WHEN WE LAUNCH A BOMB AND IT KILLS CIVILIANS THE PENTAGON
COMES OUT SUPERSTRONG AND SAYS IT'S NOT CIVILIANS, BECAUSE THEY
KNOW THAT THE ONLY DAY ANYONE WILL PAY ATTENTION.
SO ALL THE
HEADLINES WILL SAY PENTAGON SAYS NOT CIVILIANS.
AND THEN WHEN WE FIND OUT --
THE PENTAGON LATER WILL SAY MAYBE IT WAS, WE ARE STILL
LOOKING INTO IT.
THAT GOES ON PAGE A17 OF THE PAPER, NEVER
MAKES IT ON TV, THEY ARE WAY PAST THAT STORY, AND WHEN THEY
ARE CALLED OUT ON THE LIE SIX WEEKS LATER THEY GO, NO, WE DID
A CORRECTION.
THAT'S TRUMP 101.
NOBODY CALLED TRUMP OUT ON SANDY UNTIL NOW.
AND WE HAVE THAT ON THIS EXACT THING IN HIS FAMILY, HE SAID HE
WILL GIVE THE MONEY, THERE'S NO PROOF HE'S GOING TO, HIS SON,
ERIC OR JOJO OR WHATEVER, HE SAYS CNN WILL NEVER REPORT IT,
FAKE NEWS, CNN ALREADY REPORTED AT THREE HOURS EARLIER.
I DON'T
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO HIM BECAUSE LOOK AT
HIS FACE, BUT HE SAID IT, AND REPORTERS WILL THINK FAKE NEWS,
CNN, AND WHEN CNN LATER SAYS WE REPORTED ON THIS, THEY WON'T
HEAR THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WATCH CNN.
SO IT WORKS WELL FOR
HIM.
BUT I WANT TO CONTRAST DONALD TRUMP, WHO IS A LITTLE
WEENIE, A GUY WHO'S NOT AS RICH AS HE SAYS HE IS, THAT'S ANOTHER
REASON HE SAYS HE WILL DONATE $1 MILLION BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING
A RICH PERSON WOULD DO -- YOU HAVE HIM SAYING HE WILL GIVE $1
MILLION, HE PROBABLY NEVER WILL, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
RAISING MONEY.
J.J.
WATT, HE STARTS TO ORGANIZE FOR
FUNDRAISING, HE WANTS TO RAISE $200,000 FOR THE EFFORT, THAT'S
A TON OF MONEY, HE'S NOT AS RICH AS DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE IS, AND
HE DOES RAISE $200,000.
BUT HE EFFED UP BECAUSE HE KEPT RAISING
MONEY AFTER THE $200,000.
THIS GRAPHIC WILL BE A LITTLE OUT OF
DATE, BUT IF WE COULD BRING UP THE GRAPHIC, THAT IS OVER $15
MILLION HE'S RAISED, MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION THAT I SAW FIRST
THING THIS MORNING.
IT CONTINUES TO GO UP, IT WILL CONTINUE TO,
THAT WILL HELP SO MANY LIVES.
YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE WORD OF A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR, IT'S AN
ACTUAL EMPATHIC HUMAN BEING RAISING MONEY.
WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF HIM EXPLAINING WHAT IT WILL BE
USED FOR.
MY FIRST PHASE IS THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE SOME TRUCKS
ROLLING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN WE FILLED UP, ABOUT NINE SEMI
TRUCKS, WE HAVE THOSE FILLED WITH STOCK SUPPLIES, WATER,
FOOD, CLOTHING, WE WILL GIVE THAT OUT THIS WEEKEND, THEN I'M
GOING TO REGROUP AFTER THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WAS
PLANNING FOR 200,000 AND NOW WITH A NEW PLAN FOR
MULTIMILLIONS I WILL MAKE SURE I GET WITH THE PEOPLE THAT DID
KATRINA AND LEARN FROM IT SO I CAN MAKE SURE I DO IT RIGHT.
WITH THESE PEOPLE TRUSTING ME WITH THEIR MONEY I WANT TO MAKE
SURE I DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I TAKE
MY TIME TO DO IT RIGHT, BECAUSE I WANT TO DO RIGHT BY THESE
PEOPLE THAT NEED IT AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT TRUST ME WITH
THEIR MONEY.
WOW.
AND YOU SAW IN THE GRAPHIC, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT IF YOU WANT TO
DONATE.
J.J.
WATT, ARGUABLY THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE NFL --
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, I JUST DIDN'T THINK WE HAD TIME.
ALSO PLAYS FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS, WHICH JOHN WAS ALSO
GOING TO TELL YOU, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HIS POLITICS ARE BUT
NOW I LOVE THE GUY.
AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON THEY HAVE
GIVEN HIM A LOT OF MONEY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE CARE AND THEY ARE
GOOD HUMAN BEINGS, AND PARTLY BECAUSE WE'VE BECOME SO JADED BY
OUR LYING POLITICIANS -- I HAVE A SENSE, AGAIN, NOT KNOWING A
THING ABOUT J.J.
WATT AND HIS POLITICS, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT HIM OTHER THAN THAT HE'S EXCELLENT AT DEFENSE, YOU GET A
SENSE THAT THIS GUY IS RICH, HE IS AN ATHLETE IN THE AREA, AND
HE'S DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSES, AND HE'S ACTUALLY
GOING TO GET THEM BLANKETS AND A PICKUP TRUCK, AND HE'S GOING TO
GET THEM FOOD AND THINGS THEY NEED.
WHEREAS THE $6 BILLION
FROM THE GOVERNMENT IS A GOOD THING, THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON
NEED IT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
A LOT OF THAT MONEY WILL PROBABLY
GET FUNNELED TO EXXON MOBIL FOR OIL REFINERIES, AND WE'VE GROWN
JADED BY OUR CORRUPT POLITICIANS.
SO WHEN A GUY LIKE
WATT DOES IT, YES, I'LL GIVE HIM MONEY, THAT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK HE WILL GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT J.J.
WATT, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE
EXISTED PRIOR TO RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT HE'S
DOING IS THAT IT'S ILLUMINATING THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
REALLY GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, PROBABLY IN OTHER
COUNTRIES, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN DONATE INTERNATIONALLY, BUT
THE FACT THAT HE RAISED THAT MUCH MONEY IS TELLING.
I THINK
WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, WITH THE RHETORIC WE ARE SEEING,
THE HATE RALLIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, WE LOSE SIGHT OF THE
FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LOOK
OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND FOR ANYONE WHO DONATED, ANYONE PART
OF THE RELIEF EFFORTS, WHO IS VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND
THEIR RESOURCES, THANK YOU.
YOU GIVE ME HOPE, PERSONALLY, AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE
TAKING CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.
LAST COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON THIS, I WILL NOW TRADE FOR THE
TEXANS DEFENSE IN HONOR OF J.J.
WATT FOR MY FANTASY TEAM --
YOU OWN A FOOTBALL TEAM?
IT IS A "FANTASY" FOOTBALL TEAM.
IN A CASTLE.
GOING BACK TO TRUMP FOR A SECOND, HE'S NOT RICH.
HE SAID
HE HAS $10 BILLION -- IF YOU HAVE 10 BILLION, $1 MILLION IS
NOTHING.
THE FACT THAT HE'S ALREADY RETRACTED HIS OFFER TO
GIVE IT OUT OF HIS PERSONAL MONEY AND THEY ARE BACKPEDALING
-- IF YOU HAVE $10 BILLION YOU ARE THE WORST PERSON ON EARTH
FOR TRYING TO BACKPEDAL OUT OF YOUR MILLION DOLLAR PLEDGE, $1
MILLION FOR US IS ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE 10
BILLION IT'S NOTHING.
THINK PROGRESS TRACKED HOW MUCH MONEY
TRUMP HAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO CHARITY, IT IS 0.0013%
OF HIS INCOME.
THAT IS WHAT JESUS SAID YOU SHOULD DONATE.
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