Donald Trumpā€™s campaign GoFundMe for hurricane relief raises a few red flags.

Donald Trumpā€™s campaign has begun raising money for hurricane reliefā€”but itā€™s not exactly clear how that money will be used.

Two weeks ago, the Trump campaign created a GoFundMe ā€œas an official response for MAGA supporters to offer their financial assistance to their fellow Americans impacted by Hurricane Helene,ā€ according to the fundraiser website.

A few days after the page went live, it was updated with a list of the charities that would receive the MAGA funds.

Fitting with Trumpā€™s smears against federal relief efforts, three of the four charities listedā€”Samaritanā€™s Purse, Water Mission, and Mtn2Sea Ministriesā€”are Christian or Evangelical NGOs. The fourth charity listed is the ā€œClinch Foundation,ā€ which is likely the Clinch Memorial Hospitalā€™s Foundation in Valdosta, Georgia.

The page did not, however, say how the campaign planned to disburse funds from the Trump campaignā€™s potā€”more than $7.7 million as of Monday. The fundraiser has received donations of $500,000 each from Republican megadonors Steve and Andrea Wynn and former Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Most lilkely his own hurricane relief. Maybe the winds made a potted plant in Mar-a-Lago fall over, and he needs money to buy something new. And a few millions to heal his bruised ego, because he liked that plant.