Donald Trump Pulls Out Of Heritage Presidential Forum

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump reacts during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Cali... Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump reacts during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump is pulling out of an appearance today at the Heritage Action Presidential Forum, saying he has a “significant business transaction” to attend to.

According to statement from the Trump campaign, the deal was expected to close on Thursday:

Mr. Trump has a significant business transaction that was expected to closeThursday. Due to the delay he is unable to attend today’s Heritage Action Presidential Forum. He sends his regrets and looks forward to being with the great people of South Carolina on Wednesday in Columbia.

Trump sparked criticism for indulging a voter who called Obama a Muslim and said Muslims are “a problem in this country” at a Thursday event in New Hampshire. Trump did not correct the voter, but said simply that “we’re going to be looking at that.”

Trump’s campaign told NBC’s Katy Tur the cancellation had nothing to do with the Muslim question.

Heritage Action spokesman Dan Holler told NBC it’s “unfortunate that Mr. Trump is unable to attend.”

The forum is a high profile campaign event in Greenville, S.C. hosted by Heritage Action, the activist arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation.

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  1. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Uh huh…

  2. Yeah, that’s very believable. Because he has absolutely no ability to affect the closing date of his Big, Big classy deals.

  3. Trump pulls out. Natural birth control. Alert Planned Parenthood.

  4. One would think that the best businessman in the UNIVERSE would be dictating terms of when a meeting would take place, but…I guess not! shrug

  5. Guess he did not ‘hire good people’ to take care of these matters.

    He’s running scared. Does not want to be called out on his Birther debacle.

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