Donald Trump often makes the news when it comes to his involvement with
charities—but not for being philanthropic. For example, he's
lied about donating to 9/11 charities, and he's been
booed at a Catholic charity event. Now there are reports that in 1996, Donald Trump crashed a charity event and danced for cameras—and never donated a penny.
According to the Washington Post's David Fahrenthold, who's done some of the best reporting this election, the Association to Benefit Children, a charity, held a 1996 ribbon-cutting at a nursery school serving children with AIDS in Manhattan. Bigwigs who had donated a lot of money, like then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former mayor David Dinkins, and Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford were in attendance. But there was another dude who showed up—despite not being a major donor. Guess who.
"Nobody knew he was coming," another donor in attendance
told the Washington Post. "There's this kind of ruckus at the door, and I don't know what was going on, and in comes Donald Trump. [He] just gets up on the podium and sits down."
According to the charity's executive director, Donald Trump had never given a single dollar to the charity or the nursery school. But you know who did? The dude whose seat was stolen by Trump.
In 1996, Donald Trump crashed a charity event benefitting...
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