Report: Trump Has Donated Rounds Of Golf To Charity, Not Money

Pro-Am round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass., Thursday Aug. 30, 2007.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Pro-Am round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass., Thursday Aug. 30, 2007.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Although Donald Trump has touted his generous donations to charity, over the last five years, the Republican presidential candidate has not made any monetary donations, according to a Washington Post report.

Trump has said he’s donated $102 million to charities, but the Washington Post found that instead of cash, he donated rounds of golf and made agreements not to develop land.

He also made charitable donations through his Donald J. Trump Foundation, but the Post found that he did not personally contribute to that organization between 2009 and 2014.

The chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, told the Post that the list of donations reviewed by the paper was not a complete list and that the real estate mogul has made personal donations.

“We want to keep them quiet,” Weisselberg said. “He doesn’t want other charities to see it. Then it becomes like a feeding frenzy.”

Read the full Washington Post investigation here.

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