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ukcatfannfl
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posted 08-05-2018 06:25 PM      Profile for ukcatfannfl   Email ukcatfannfl   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Liz Crokin is an award-winning author, a seasoned journalist and an advocate for sex crime victims. Liz began her journey at the University of Iowa where she received a bachelor's in journalism and political science. She is an investigative journalist and free-lance writer This article appeared in TOWNHALL, July 10, 2016. Fact checker Truth or Fiction confirms the veracity of the events depicted in this article.

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, smoke 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 But then he wasn't seeking publicity.

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 LeJeune 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 was 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 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 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 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 our 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.

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posted 08-06-2018 08:05 AM      Profile for PaulCat     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I just wish Trump would delete his twitter account. Half of his problems come from his useless tweets that just stir the pot rather than serve a good purpose. His presidency would be so much better right now if he'd stay off social media.

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posted 08-06-2018 08:24 AM      Profile for ukcatfannfl   Email ukcatfannfl   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
IMV he being a non-politician is the type of person that will "hit back" things that attack him. I find it sorta refreshing after the politicians in that office of the past. Results count and campaign promises count and he is delivering on both fronts..

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posted 08-06-2018 09:31 AM      Profile for MountainMafia     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Half of his problems come from his useless tweets that just stir the pot rather than serve a good purpose. His presidency would be so much better right now if he'd stay off social media.
Yep.

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posted 08-06-2018 10:59 AM      Profile for boomdaddy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I don't agree with every tweet that he sends out because some of them sound stupid, coming from the Leader of the Free World.

That being said, with Twitter, he can get his message out to the masses, unfiltered. With 95% media bias against him, this is the only way for the truth to be told.

There are no news sources that report the news, sans bias. There just aren't. NPR should lose its status as a non profit, because it is politically biased. I feel the same way about churches that get into politics.

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posted 08-06-2018 11:50 AM      Profile for MountainMafia     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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That being said, with Twitter, he can get his message out to the masses, unfiltered.
That's the problem.... unfiltered.

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posted 08-06-2018 04:26 PM      Profile for boomdaddy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
If we had unbiased media, he wouldn’t have to bypass them. The media caused their own demise.
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posted 08-06-2018 05:23 PM      Profile for Tiptree   Email Tiptree   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I think you missed the point here, Boom. Trump's tweets are not the media's demise, they are Trump's form of public self-immolation. I get it that he uses Twitter to go "directly to the people", but the consensus is that he harms himself more than he helps himself because he has no filter. Instead of the modern equivalent of a 140-character fireside chat, it leaves him looking less than "presidential" and more like a bully than a leader.

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posted 08-06-2018 05:41 PM      Profile for MountainMafia     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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If we had unbiased media, he wouldn’t have to bypass them.
Who decides what is "biased" and what is not?

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posted 08-06-2018 06:33 PM      Profile for Old Norm   Email Old Norm   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by MountainMafia:
[QUOTE]Who decides what is "biased" and what is not?

All one has to do is open their eyes and ears.

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posted 08-06-2018 07:04 PM      Profile for MountainMafia     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Norm, I absolutely cannot agree more.

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posted 08-06-2018 07:38 PM      Profile for boomdaddy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The major networks can't even be honest about small things,much less the important news.

They show an arena that is sparsely populated and say that it was a very low turnout for a Trump rally, They get footage before he is scheduled to come out. Then when his time arrives the arena is packed.

That is just on of the little insignificant things that they do. Why put out a false story?

The favorite thing they do is run stories as factual when they are just somebody spreading a rumor. Then 10 news sites are citing each other and calling it a factual story. There is no news reporting anymore. It is all hype and propaganda.

They media does it with race as well as the Trump bashing. Remember when the latino guy shot and killed an unarmed black teen, while he was playing cop doing neighborhood watch? The headlines across the nation were: White man guns down unarmed black teen. Latino kills black teen is not as sensational. The hell with the truth.

It is disgusting. It is amusing that the members of the media are blaming Trump for turning the people against them by calling them fake news. Duh! Quit being propagandists and start reporting the news without editorializng or lying. Maybe then , they can get their credibility back.

I'm not sure how bad it was in the 60s and 70s, but I can tell you when I heard Walter Cronkite say: That's the way it is, by gosh, I believed him.

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I can tell you for a fact, that I didn't even know Cronkite was a liberal, until after he died. That's the way it should still be ……….. both sides.

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I can tell you for a fact, that I didn't even know Cronkite was a liberal, until after he died.
I didn't know Cronkite was a liberal until just now.

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quote:
Originally posted by boomdaddy:
I don't agree with every tweet that he sends out because some of them sound stupid, coming from the Leader of the Free World.

That being said, with Twitter, he can get his message out to the masses, unfiltered. With 95% media bias against him, this is the only way for the truth to be told.

There are no news sources that report the news, sans bias. There just aren't. NPR should lose its status as a non profit, because it is politically biased. I feel the same way about churches that get into politics.

I totally agree with you about the media.

My problem is primarily with his tweets about the NFL and NBA. We don't need Trump tweeting about Lebron or some NFL guy taking a knee. If anything, he should try to talk with them about resolution rather than demand they be fired. Let those idiots do what they do and "the people" will take care of them. Heck, NFL has a major image problem because of the players. Trump needs to handle these issues better than he does.

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The greatest running back of all time doesn't believe in kneeling.

Would like to see more past players be vocal about those idiots.

I can't watch the NFL, because of it. I did watch the super bowl, this past season. Not because I wanted to, but because my son was visiting and spending time with him was more important that me disapproving of a bunch of turds.

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