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Politics : A Real American President: Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AJ Muckenfus who wrote (19137)	12/23/2016 5:28:12 PM
From: Honey_Bee	1 Recommendation Recommended By Investor Clouseau Respond to of 456174

Eric Trump did it because he sees the attacks on his father, the President-elect being ongoing. The left is already vomiting the word "impeachment" over Trump's business connections. I guess offering to have coffee with donors as a prize to save babies and children's lives is a crime to the democrat-haters. If he raised money for abortions there would be no problem. Eric Trump is suspending the operations of his charitable foundation — ceasing all fundraising — after facing questions about whether the foundation donors might get special access to members of the first family. “No new money will come into the ETF bank account,” Trump wrote in an email message on Thursday. That decision appeared to go beyond a pledge Trump had made a day earlier to the New York Times: In that interview, Trump said he would cease personally raising money for the foundation but left the broader fate of the foundation uncertain. The Eric Trump Foundation, founded in 2007, raises more than $1.5 million a year through a golf tournament, online auctions and other events. One recent auction, for instance, offered a 10-week paid internship at the Trump Organization, which came with the chance to sit down for 15 minutes each with Eric Trump and his siblings Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump. In another auction, the foundation offered a chance to pitch a business idea to Eric Trump over lunch. The Eric Trump Foundation has one paid employee: Eric Trump did not respond to a question about her job status while the foundation is suspended. The foundation does no direct charitable work but rather passes on the bulk of the money it raises to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a pediatric-cancer center in Memphis. St. Jude named a surgery and intensive-care unit after the Eric Trump Foundation in 2015, after the foundation made a pledge to donate $20 million over 10 years. Eric Trump says he has raised about $15 million for St. Jude. That figure includes $7.9 million in donations from the Eric Trump Foundation, and $7 million more from other fundraisers he has organized, often held at Trump organization properties. At Trump hotels, for instance, guests can make small donations through their room bills. Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that the foundation was auctioning off a coffee with Ivanka Trump — the president-elect's daughter, and an influential adviser to Donald Trump. The Times reported that bids had risen to more than $72,000, and that the top bidders were people seeking to influence Trump's policymaking. That auction was canceled after the Times story ran.

To: AJ Muckenfus who wrote (19137)	12/23/2016 5:35:23 PM
From: Honey_Bee	5 Recommendations Recommended By Bearcatbob Investor Clouseau locogringo MJ Triffin Respond to of 456174

Thank you democrat-pigs, for spreading hate to kids sick and dying from cancer. I want to include the sickening libs who propagate hate right on this site on about four different threads. YOU DID THIS. You have damaged innocent babies. Aren't you proud of yourselves. At the top of the list are E and two Bs! Founded in 2006, The Eric Trump Foundation (ETF) is dedicated to raising money for children battling life-threatening diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. To date, the Foundation has donated and pledged nearly $30 million dollars to St. Jude. Through direct personal involvement and financial assistance, we strive to advance the medical and emotional needs of sick children at St. Jude and demand that our monetary donations are transformed into real results. By using only Trump owned and operated facilities, full-time volunteers, donated food/beverage product & pro-bono celebrity performers, The Eric Trump Foundation maintains one of the lowest expense ratios of any charity in the world. In November 2013, the Foundation announced the construction of The Eric Trump Foundation Surgical and ICU Center, a $20 million state-of-the-art medical center which opened in February 2015. Previously, The Eric Trump Foundation AMKL Cancer Research Lab, in conjunction with the Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, made a groundbreaking discovery and identified a critical fusion gene responsible for almost 30% of a rare type of childhood leukemia. Each year, The Eric Trump Foundation hosts several golf tournaments across the country to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at our exclusive Trump Golf Clubs in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., and Miami. Our main fundraiser is held every September at Trump National Golf Club, Westchester, NY,and raises nearly $2 million dollars for St. Jude in one day. Past hosts have included Jimmy Fallon, Bret Michaels, Lisa Lampanelli and John Rich. The Foundation has also raised nearly $500,000 from a permanent Charitybuzz online auction, which regularly offers such items as "Play a Round of Golf with Dustin Johnson" and "Sit in Derek Jeter's Personal Seats at a New York Yankees Game and Meet the Future Hall of Famer.” All items are 100% donated for auction. The Eric Trump Foundation is a tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code. Our tax ID is 20-8669454.