trump

It's a long post, but I saw this on facebook. Was wondering if any of my American friends were aware (if it is true)
I have recently thought he was a moron, but is that just the picture painted by the media?

here is the post;

Orange Man bad. Sorry what?

- TRUMP DOES THE UNTHINKABLE. by Liz Crokin

As an entertainment journalist, I've had the opportunity to cover Trump for over a decade, and in all my years covering him I've never heard anything negative about the man until he announced he was running for president. Keep in mind, I got paid a lot of money to dig up dirt on celebrities like Trump for a living so a scandalous story on the famous billionaire could've potentially sold a lot of magazines and would've been a Huge feather in my cap.

Instead, I found that he doesn't drink alcohol or do drugs, he's a hardworking businessman. On top of that, he's one of the most generous celebrities in the world with a heart filled with more gold than his $100 million New York penthouse.

Since the media has failed so miserably at reporting the truth about Trump, I decided to put together some of the acts of kindness he's committed over three decades which has gone virtually unnoticed or fallen on deaf ears.

In 1986, Trump prevented the foreclosure of Annabell Hill's family farm after her husband committed suicide. Trump personally phoned down to the auction to stop the sale of her home and offered the widow money. Trump decided to take action after he saw Hill's pleas for help in news reports.

In 1988, a commercial airline refused to fly Andrew Ten, a sick
Orthodox Jewish child with a rare illness, across the country to get medical care because he had to travel with an elaborate life-support system. His grief-stricken parents contacted Trump for help and he didn't hesitate to send his own plane to take the child from Los Angeles to New York so he could get his treatment.

In 1991, 200 Marines who served in Operation Desert Storm spent time at Camp Lejune in North Carolina before they were scheduled to return home to their families. However, the Marines were told that a mistake had been made and an aircraft would not be able to take them home on their scheduled departure date. When Trump got wind of this, he sent his plane to make two trips from North Carolina to Miami to safely return the Gulf War Marines to their loved ones.

In 1995, a motorist stopped to help Trump after the limo he was traveling in got a flat tire. Trump asked the Good Samaritan how he could repay him for his help. All the man asked for was a bouquet of flowers for his wife. A few weeks later Trump sent the flowers with a note that read: We've paid off your mortgage.

In 1996, Trump filed a lawsuit against the city of Palm Beach ,
Florida, accusing the town of discriminating against his Mar-a-Lago resort club because it allowed Jews and blacks. Abraham Foxman, who as the Anti-Defamation League Director at the time, said Trump put the light on Palm Beach not on the beauty and the glitter, but on its seamier side of discrimination. Foxman also noted that Trump's charge had a trickle-down effect because other clubs followed his lead and
began admitting Jews and blacks.

In 2000, Maury Povich featured a little girl named Megan who struggled with Brittle Bone Disease on his show and Trump happened to be watching. Trump said the little girl's story and positive attitude touched his heart. So he contacted Maury and gifted the little girl and her family with a very generous check.

In 2008, after Jennifer Hudson's family members were tragically murdered in Chicago , Trump put the Oscar-winning actress and her family up at his Windy City hotel for free. In addition to that, Trump's security took extra measures to ensure Hudson and her family members were safe during such a difficult time.

In 2013, New York bus driver Darnell Barton spotted a woman close to the edge of a bridge staring at the traffic below as he drove by. He stopped the bus, got out and put his arm around the woman and saved her life by convincing her to not jump. When Trump heard about this story, he sent the hero bus driver a check simply because he believed his good deed deserved to be rewarded.

In 2014, Trump gave $25,000 to Sgt. Andrew Tamoressi after he spent seven months in a Mexican jail for accidentally crossing the US-Mexico border. President Barack Obama couldn't even be bothered to make one phone call to assist with the United States Marine's release; however, Trump opened his pocketbook to help this serviceman get back on his feet.

In 2016, Melissa Consin Young attended a Trump rally and tearfully thanked Trump for changing her life. She said she proudly stood on stage with Trump as Miss Wisconsin USA in 2005. However, years later she found herself struggling with an incurable illness and during her darkest days, she explained that she received a handwritten letter from Trump telling her she's the bravest woman, I know. She said the opportunities that she got from Trump and his organizations ultimately
provided her Mexican-American son with a full-ride to college.

Lynne Patton, a black female executive for the Trump Organization, released a statement in 2016 defending her boss against accusations that he's a racist and a bigot. She tearfully revealed how she's struggled with substance abuse and addiction for years. Instead of kicking her to the curb, she said the Trump Organization and his entire family loyally stood by her through immensely difficult times.

Donald Trump's kindness knows no bounds and his generosity has and continues to touch the lives of people from every sex, race, and religion. When Trump sees someone in need, he wants to help.

Two decades ago, Oprah asked Trump in a TV interview if he'd ever run for president. He said: "If it got so bad, I would never want to rule it out totally because I really am tired of seeing what's happening with this country.'"

That day has come. Trump sees that America is in need and he wants to help. How unthinkable! On the other hand, have you ever heard of Hillary or Obama ever doing such things with their own resources?

Now that's really unthinkable! Might be worth passing on!!!

Just shows we hired the right guy. If Hollywood , the liberals and the

media ever STOP harassing him, Trump will have time to do many more positive things for our country....the good ole United States of America!!

PS ~ To those who are already Fact Checking, don't bother . . . already did it, and all the stories are TRUE!

Darren, interesting thread, thanks for sharing.

Quick thoughts from my phone:

This article lacks any depth and is not convincing at all. It may seek to paint Trump in a more "human" light, and not this monster public media sees him as, but it's surface-level and focusing on deeds. Good deeds don't neccesarily equal a good character.

I don't trust politicians to begin with, and loathe how much authority leaders can have, and the way they can sway their target audiences. My main question is how genuine are any of these acts? It seems like the bare mininum, especially if you're white, have privilege and a platform to speak from, when you just pull out a checkbook or write a few words of acknowledgment. It's not concrete action. It's a PR stunt in my opinion. A repertoire of "good deeds" to be shown in a favorable light.

It's the true knee-jerk reactions and devasting/dangerous statements Trump's released over the years that highlight one's depth or character. Words are weapons. You don't have to be the most well-spoken, but it should be requirement to show compassion and want to seek justice for the marginalized etc, and if one can't even manage that, why should we ever respect or "think positively" about a person like that?

Again, IMO, you can do good deeds, and we may never know one's true intentions, but if you never back up those deeds with honest intent to help ALL of America without constantly promoting division, then actions only go so far. To be a leader, it's not just about doing what's right when news hits that something bad has happened, it's living as a leader every day, and listening to citizens on how to make the country greater.

These examples make me think of virtue signaling. If you're not willing to help and speak about injustices all the time, not just when there's pressure to shed light on it, did you ever even care?

Politicians rarely admit wrongdoing or that the system was built to oppress. It's sickening that whoever wrote this article is playing this whole game of smoke and mirrors.

This is also from my perspective as a very far left leaning person politically. I WILL say that I feel conservatives and liberals are too focused on the president, instead of focusing on local leaders or state politicians that can do more work and we can possibly influence or speak to on a closer level. The president has power and persuasion, but my issue is that people focus so tightly on ONE leader, instead of holding ALL of them accountable. Or addressing daily interactions where people are actively oppressing others or displaying microaggressions.

I'm glad you didn't give him a capital letter...he doesn't deserve one. You've just recently thought he's a moron? What planet have you been living on Darren? Mind you...you live in a country with a mini-me Donald so...what else should I have expected :)

I really don’t want to spend time countering all of the good things he’s done with the awful thing he’s done, which are tenfold. I’m sure others have already taken the time to intelligently respond to this crap.

Most tyrants have done a few good deeds.

Most tyrants have done a few good deeds.

^^^

and all if it fits their own agenda!!!

Didn't he say something about just grabbibg women by their p.......s when you like them, or something equally ghastly? Hardly president material...

It's almost like a group of demons were bored and thought "we can make ourselves a 4 year long comedy out of this orange guy if we just make him president..". 3 pentagrams and a goat later and voila. Trump.

Not sure even they expected it to get this bad. The devil himself is probably in his recliner with a notepad thinking "s**t, how have I not come up with this?!"

Supreme court voted that gay and trans people can't be fired for being who they are :D

I always get suspicious when someone says not to fact check a story.

The Marines:
“Despite the rumors on base, it’s clear that Trump had nothing to do with the dispatch of the jet to the troops stranded at Camp Lejeune. The aircraft that ferried the troops was part of the Trump Shuttle fleet, at a time when Trump barely had control over the airline and was frantically trying to negotiate deals with bankers to prevent the collapse of his business empire. Trump Shuttle had a contract with the military, and this flight home was part of that contract. Simple as that.”
~ Retrieved on 15 June 2020 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/11/too-good-to-check-sean-hannitys-tale-of-a-trump-rescue/

The couple who helped change the flat:
1 “Eyebrows should have been raised by this tale, as even back in the mid-1990s it was already a recognized urban legend that had been told about many other celebrities.”
Deemed false, especially without any identifiable names.
~ Retrieved on 15 June 2020 from https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trumped-up/

2 “Urban legendmeister Jan Brunvand devoted a chapter to "The Celebrity's Car Breakdown" in one of his books, "Curses, Broiled Again!" Perry Como, Louis Armstrong, Leon Spinks, Evel Knievel and Nat King Cole are among the celebrities mentioned.”
~ Retrieved on 15 June 2020 from https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1999-10-25-3279449-story.html

The suit over Mar-a-Lago Club was not about opening it to blacks and Jews:
“Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club sued the Town of Palm Beach on Wednesday, claiming town officials have financial stakes in competing clubs and preserved their own interests when they denied a request to ease restrictions on his club. The lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, asks a court to declare unconstitutional Palm Beach's requirement that half the club's members must be town residents. It also seeks damages, other exceptions to town rules and a jury trial.”
~ Retrieved on 15 June 2020 from https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-05-22-9705210833-story.html

Another site sorts truth from fiction and points out that even some of the True events were part of a publicity campaign.
See: https://www.truthorfiction.com/trump-unthinkable-liz-conklin/

Larry, thanks for taking the time to look some of these assertions up. It's appreciated.

Violet, yes! YAY!

Thanks for all of your answers guys.

Yep he is still a Bellend

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