Media scrutiny over charitable donations to veterans riles up Trump

On the night of the Jan. 28 fundraiser, Trump was at the top of his political game. With his celebrity boldness, he managed to upstage both the rest of the GOP field and a powerful television network by skipping a Fox News Channel debate and doing a televised fundraiser of his own.

By Tuesday, however, the fundraiser had morphed into an uncomfortable test of Trump’s competence and temperament.

Trump faced prosaic tasks, where celebrity and showmanship were of little help. Could he handle the task of moving money from donors to worthy recipients? And could he handle public questioning about how he did it?

If Trump becomes president, “is this what it’s going to be like?” a reporter asked toward the end of the unhappy news conference.

“Yes, it is,” Trump said.
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On Tuesday, Trump said he had waited four months to give these last donations because he needed time to scrutinize the recipients.

“It’s called vetting,” he said. “We vet the vets.”

But that vetting missed major questions about at least one ­charity on Trump’s list. The Foundation for American Veterans got $75,000 from Trump despite its “F” rating from a charity watchdog, which noted that it spent only a fraction of its donations on veterans — and the rest on “overhead” and fundraising.

$ 1.9 million has been distributed in only the past week.


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