



Given the multiple controversies surrounding the Donald J. Trump Foundation, it wasn’t exactly reassuring that the GOP candidate himself isn’t certain.



It also doesn’t help that the latest revelations only add to the controversy. The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold once again moved the ball forward on this story on Monday,



In fact, when the Washington Post initially asked about this, Trump’s campaign “denied that any of the transactions had taken place.” Later, Trump aides reversed course and provided partial answers, but left many questions unanswered.



And just when it seemed things couldn’t get worse, a Trump adviser Over the weekend, Donald Trump was asked whether he’s “confident that the Trump Foundation has followed all charitable rules and laws.” The Republican presidential hopeful responded , “Well, I hope so.”Given the multiple controversies surrounding the Donald J. Trump Foundation, it wasn’t exactly reassuring that the GOP candidate himself isn’t certain.It also doesn’t help that the latest revelations only add to the controversy. The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold once again moved the ball forward on this story on Monday, reporting on Trump directing companies that owed him money to instead pay his charitable foundation, to the tune of about $2.3 million. In each instance, Trump was required to pay taxes on the income, and it’s not clear that he did.In fact, when the Washington Post initially asked about this, Trump’s campaign “denied that any of the transactions had taken place.” Later, Trump aides reversed course and provided partial answers, but left many questions unanswered.And just when it seemed things couldn’t get worse, a Trump adviser talked to MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson yesterday and the story took an unintentionally funny turn. Fahrenthold summarized the latest.

An adviser to Donald Trump on Tuesday offered a new explanation for why a portrait of Trump — paid for by the Republican nominee’s charitable foundation — wound up on display at a Trump-owned golf resort in Florida.



Trump, the adviser said, was actually doing his charity a favor, by “storing” its painting on the wall of a bar at Trump National Doral, outside Miami.