One of the many great qualities of social media and people in the public eye posting on social media is that every now and then, you get the chance to see into their “normal” lives, whether it is a Tweet, an Instagram picture, or a Facebook post. More interestingly, these posts are always turned into something they are not, whether that is positive or negative, because simply put, that is just what the internet does. This blog will take a deeper look into the personal accounts of President Obama, and those who are currently in the run for the next presidential election. While many of these accounts are generally ran by a staff, every so often the President and the presidential candidates will post something that comes entirely from their own fingers. It is nice, and sometimes shocking, to see what these people that are in the public eye will post for the public to see.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Crippled America

Recently, Trump's new book Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again, was put on the shelves and he has been bombarded with questions asking if he is going to take any time off to promote his new book, or what he will do with the proceeds.
 
Supposedly, Trump is not taking any time off to promote his book. Some of his supporters have said that he doesn't need publicity tours because Trump has "spent the past 40 years creating his famous and successful brand." Also, all money will go to charity. This made me ask how much has he donated to charity before?
Trump has said that he has donated $102 million to conservation and philanthropic groups over the past five years. His campaign has provided little to no records of that amount of donations being made, and tax filings indicate that Trump has not donated to his own nonprofit since 2008.
If you have not seen or heard of the video yet, Trump has stated that he had it "rough" starting out with only a small loan of $1 million from his father. On "The Late Show" Colbert announced that he had signed a check for $1 million on behalf of Harlem Children's Zone, a charitable a group that disrupts the cycle of poverty among families in need in Harlem, New York. Colbert challenged Trump to sign the check since $1 million is such a small amount for him. So now, I am interested to see if he really does donate the proceeds from his book, or not.
All I can think is "If $1 million is a small amount of money, then throw some "small amount" of money my way Mr. Trump!
 

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  1. UnknownNovember 11, 2015 at 10:56 AM

    Ashley,

    I can only agree with one point you made and that is I do wish Trump truly donates this money to his charities. However, I do not feel it is right to say that just because he has a certain amount of many that he should be spending on items we want him to. He is his own individual and what he does with his money, is his choice. Although, honestly I would not want a president who created a charity and then used his money for everything but for giving it to his charity. This just seems wrong, but again, who am I to judge.

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