Donald Trump says, "I gave out millions of dollars that I had no obligation to do"

Donald Trump Makes Good on Pledge of $1M to Vets – Four Months Later

After skipping a GOP debate in January and promising to raise money for veterans at a campaign rally instead, Donald Trump has finally come through on his pledge.

At the rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 28, Trump announced that he’d raised $6 million for the cause, including $1 million of his own money. However, Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, told The Washington Post last week that the total amount raised was actually around $4.5 million, blaming the disparity on unnamed big donors who allegedly backed out.

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As for the $1 million Trump promised to personally donate, The Washington Post reported that after a Twitter query of multiple veterans groups on Monday, it could not find evidence that any groups had received the billionaire businessman’s money.

When asked about the whereabouts of the money last month, Trump’s campaign adviser for veterans issues, New Hampshire state representative Al Baldasaro, told The Daily Beast it wasn’t “high on [his] priority list,” raising more questions.

The presumptive Republican nominee gave no details on the matter when questioned by the Post and other media outlets, although Lewandowski told the Post on Friday night that “Mr. Trump’s money is fully spent.”

The Post learned that Trump called Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation chairman James K. Kallstrom on Monday evening to tell him that he would give the entirety of the $1 million to the charity, which helps families of fallen Marines and federal law enforcement officers.

But Kallstrom’s wife Sue told the Post she was not sure if the money had been transferred yet.

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Given the suspicious timing of his donation, Trump was asked by the outlet Tuesday if he had finally given the money because of the press surrounding it in recent days. He responded, “You know, you’re a nasty guy. You’re really a nasty guy. I gave out millions of dollars that I had no obligation to do.”