Now that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t ultimately go to veterans. But for transparency’s sake, having it go directly to a veteran’s group would be a better idea, since he said it would be going to a group. Otherwise there’s no immediate independent way of assessing what has come in.
Via The Federalist:
After ducking the final Republican presidential debate heading into next week’s Iowa caucuses, GOP front-runner Donald Trump announced that he would hold his own pro-veterans event during the debate to raise money for veterans. Trump even set up a special website to solicit donations to help veterans.
“Honor their valor,” the website, donaldtrumpforvets.com, states. “Donate now to help our Veterans.”
The website, which is nothing more than a single page with stock photos and a credit card donation form, claims that “100% of your donations will go directly to Veterans needs.”
There’s only one problem: 100% of the money raised on the site goes directly to Donald Trump’s personal non-profit foundation, according to a disclosure listed at the bottom of the page.
The campaign is not saying what group/s would receive the donation.