Donald Trump’s campaign GoFundMe for hurricane relief raises a few red flags.

Donald Trump’s campaign has begun raising money for hurricane relief—but it’s not exactly clear how that money will be used.

Two weeks ago, the Trump campaign created a GoFundMe “as an official response for MAGA supporters to offer their financial assistance to their fellow Americans impacted by Hurricane Helene,” 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 Trump’s smears against federal relief efforts, three of the four charities listed—Samaritan’s Purse, Water Mission, and Mtn2Sea Ministries—are Christian or Evangelical NGOs. The fourth charity listed is the “Clinch Foundation,” which is likely the Clinch Memorial Hospital’s Foundation in Valdosta, Georgia.

The page did not, however, say how the campaign planned to disburse funds from the Trump campaign’s pot—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.

    • @Zachariah
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      101 month ago

      Does he keep his pants in Russia?

        • @Mcdolan
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          21 month ago

          Ohh, I thought it was a gimp suit. My bad.

          • ddh
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            31 month ago

            It’s a silk gimp suit with his initials embroidered on the pocket

            • KingJalopy
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              11 month ago

              I just tried to imagine this and my brain kinda vomited a bit I think.

  • partial_accumen
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    211 month ago

    If the money is never spent for hurricane relief, then this is straight up fraud and possibly money laundering (depending on how the money is finally spent). However, there are likely legal time limits set, so they could distribute some funds at some distant time in the future to avoid prosecution.

    We’ve already seen this play out nearly to the end with the “We build the Wall” graft. One participant is in prison for 4 years already. Steve Bannon’s trial for this crime is upcoming later this year. source

    • @Boddhisatva
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      81 month ago

      The gofundme page claims that they’ve already disbursed some funds so they’ve already covered that base.

        • @[email protected]
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          61 month ago

          Trump lives in Florida and it probably rained and was windy in Mar a Lago, so he needed relief money to pay the lawn care team. “Disbursed” to the needy.

  • @barsquid
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    151 month ago

    I cannot imagine giving relief money to a fuckface already caught for embezzling from a charity.

  • @CharlesDarwin
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    71 month ago

    Anyway, how is going to get to anyone if his dipshit cultists are threatening FEMA?

  • @Treczoks
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    61 month 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.

  • @eran_morad
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    1 month ago

    Hookers. No, this is not a joke.

    • GladiusB
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      31 month ago

      I mean it’s funny. In a sad truthful way. So I would say it’s a joke.

  • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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    51 month ago

    Isn’t he legally barred from running a charity or does this not count because it’s just a fundraiser and they haven’t registered

  • The Pantser
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    51 month ago

    It’s the only way he can compete with Kamala’s $1 billion pot

      • KingJalopy
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        31 month ago

        Govt pot. It’s just a dime of sad Reggie that got marked up 100,000,000x due to the modern miracle of bureaucracy and corruption.

  • @uebquauntbez
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    41 month ago

    Let me guess: Directly to Mar-a-Lago club owner?

  • Optional
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    31 month ago

    It’s a gol dang mystery! Ain’t nobody knows!

  • ozoned
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    11 month ago

    It’s going to help those tired hurricanes! Duh!