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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSnopes.com Trump Donated $25M to Hurricane Relief?
Claim:
In September 2024, former President Donald Trump donated $25 million of his own money to victims of Hurricane Helene.
Rating: Unfounded
In the wake of Hurricane Helene's landfall in Florida in late September 2024, supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump claimed on multiple platforms that the former president donated $25 million of his own money to hurricane relief efforts.
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Because we did not find any evidence of Trump personally donating $25 million to Hurricane Helene, we found this claim to be unfounded. Other outlets, including LeadStories and MSN, rated this claim false.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-25-million-hurricane-relief/
Turbineguy
(38,195 posts)No. Voggin. Vay.
PAMod
(926 posts)Dave Bowman
(3,391 posts)Deuxcents
(19,018 posts)barbtries
(29,569 posts)he doesn't do donations. when he does, he makes sure it all gets funneled right back into his own pocket.
brush
(56,830 posts)That's about as believable as that fake photo of trump in thigh high boots helpihg to rescue people during the hurrican flooding.
Jmb 4 Harris-Walz
(578 posts)ProfessorGAC
(69,194 posts)I seriously doubt he has the liquidity, or a diverse enough portfolio to quickly liquefy assets.
He can't donate what he doesn't have.
3catwoman3
(25,233 posts)Absolutely no way.
ProfessorGAC
(69,194 posts)He stole from his own charity. That's established fact.
People willing to donate millions don't steal from charities.
Your statement has facts to support it.
OAITW r.2.0
(27,832 posts)Wait, there are 30MM+ voters that probably do.
UTUSN
(72,133 posts)lpbk2713
(43,155 posts)But that's as far as he would go.
tavernier
(13,140 posts)When he tossed out twelve dollar store paper towel rolls in Puerto Rico, he declared that this was the total of what they would receive.
keithbvadu2
(39,554 posts)Xipe Totec
(44,021 posts)When he thought a disaster was a catastrophic diaper blowout
And relief was a diaper change.
Once the real situation was explained, he withdrew his donation.
Skittles
(157,570 posts)Cha
(303,936 posts)TSF has donated millions to the Hurricane:.. They're Fucking Stupid.
niyad
(118,731 posts)and the 5 million that Taylor Swift donated to hurricane relief efforts. 2+5 = 25 and TRAITOR** hates Taylor, so of course it became his donation.
AZ8theist
(6,326 posts)I believe he donated to Hillary's senate campaign, but he was a Democrat at the time.
So that doesn't count.
ShazzieB
(18,321 posts)hay rick
(8,129 posts)It looks to me like maybe they are trying to fact check TikTok now. Sisyphus would take one look at that job and quit.
liberalla
(9,826 posts)now THAT would have surprised me.