Unvetting

Remember that veterans' benefit event that Donald Trump held when he ducked out of the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa  (featuring Megyn Kelly) this past January? I mentioned in a blog then that I was disappointed that the money collected therein was going into Trump's personal foundation. Now the Wall Street Journal, in a good piece of follow-up journalism, has determined that, of the $6 million collected then, only $2.4 million has since been passed on to veterans' groups ... see: Breitbart News Story.

Although this could be a typical sleazy political move, I am quite disappointed that Trump, who hopefully doesn't need this money, has been so slow in passing these funds onto the veterans he so publicly praises. I will be watching and reporting on how well Trump lives up to his commitment to veterans. I clearly hope he fulfills this sacred pledge.

Today's Factoids

Mitt Romney said something the other day that caught my attention ... and which has received almost no focus in the national media ... and that was that Donald Trump is not self-funding his campaign as he has stated. He, in fact, is lending his campaign money which he will get back from future contributions. This combined with the fact that all the contributions to veterans that were collected when Trump held a competing charitable event against the Republican Iowa debate he chose not to attend  ... these contributions went directly into the Trump Personal Foundation ... see: The Federalist Article.

What I draw from these two facts suggests to me that the Trump we see is not necessarily the Trump we might get ... not that a lot of people seem to care.