Trump never claimed to be "average joe".
he said he was the anti elite.... that's a distinction without a difference.
LOL!!!! There are fucking miles of difference there.
in yer bubble, perhaps. tell me - what exactly is 'elite' in yer mind?
In this context, the Political Class, the leadership of both parties and the super rich that form the donor class, that support the status quo, that has so fucked the Middle Class Americans for the last 50 years.
YOur denial of this, that happened publicly during the election, is not credible.
uh-huh.
Donald Trump donated $175,860 more to
Democrats than
Republicans from 1989 to 2010, but in 2011 his giving to Democrats significantly decreased. From 2011 to 2015, Republicans received $630,150 in donations from Trump, while Democrats received just $8,500. What caused Trump’s decision to abandon the Democratic Party in 2011 and throw his full support behind Republicans is unclear. It could have been his desire to be taken seriously in the political world and gain influence within the Republican Party in preparation for a
future presidential run, as
New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Alexander Burns suggested in their outline of Trump’s effort to court members of the conservative establishment beginning in 2011.
[1]
Despite his fiscal loyalty to Republicans after 2011, Trump was questioned about his political contributions to Democrats while on the campaign trail. During a June 2015 interview, Trump was asked why he donated to the
Clinton Foundation and other prominent
Democrats, including
Hillary Clinton (N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader
Harry Reid (Nev.),
John Kerry (Mass.), and
Rahm Emanuel (Ill.),
President Obama's White House chief of staff, among others.
HIGHLIGHTS
- From 1989 to 2015, Donald Trump has made $1,845,290 worth of political donations. Republicans received $1,150,540, and Democrats received $694,750.
- Before 2011, Trump donated more money to Democrats than Republicans.
- Between 2011 and 2015, Trump contributed $8,500 to Democrats and $630,150 to Republicans.
Trump replied, “Look, politicians are all talk, they’re no action. They don’t do the job, they don’t know what they’re doing. I know them better than anybody, Howie. I deal with all of them. And, you know, I make contributions to many of them. They’re friends, they’re this. It’s smart. It’s called being an intelligent person and a great business person. ... But the truth is that, you have to be able to get along with—if you’re gonna be a business person, even in the United States, you wanna get along with all sides because you’re gonna need things from everybody. And you wanna get along with all sides, it’s very important.”[2]
A breakdown of Trump's political giving can be seen below. The data does not include money that Trump may have donated to
super PACs because those donations can be anonymous.
Trump's political contributions
Trump's political contributions data is from
OpenSecrets.org and
FollowTheMoney.org.
[2][3] A breakdown of the data can be viewed
here.
whoooweeee............. go to the site & lookey how much he gave cause he's as elitist as fuck.
History of Donald Trump's political donations - Ballotpedia
you dupe.
