Trump first announced the secret, legally controversial donation on Thursday amid growing clamor about the potential financial hardship being caused by the ongoing federal shutdown on the 1.3 million active duty military troops.
“He doesn’t want publicity,” Trump said on Friday as he headed to Malaysia. “He prefers that his name not be mentioned, which is pretty unusual in the world I come from, and in the world of politics, you want your name mentioned.”
A reclusive billionaire, anti-tax crusader and major financial backer of Donald Trump has been named as the anonymous private donor who gave $130m to the government to help pay US troops during the federal shutdown that is now in its fourth week, according to the New York Times.
Still, the donation, which equates to about $100 per service member, appears to be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending funds in advance or in excess of congressional appropriations – and from accepting voluntary services “except in the case of emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property”.
Potential penalties for violations include both administrative and criminal sanctions such as suspension or removal from duty, fines and imprisonment.
Sorry, you’re probably right. Do you have any idea of what he looks like and where to find it? People are showing alternate pictures.
This is supposed to be from his foundation, and it kind of looks like wheelchair guy. He’s 80, he could be in a wheelchair too? Idk. This looks like a paid model, tbf.
Turns out billionaires can hide themselves.
Serious question. Are you face blind? They look nothing like one another beyond the color of their hair. Abbott is wrinkly as hell. This guy’s face not. Their hair is different. Their bone structure is different. Even their complexion is very different.
First of all, that’s probably a 20 year old photo, you can get old and wrinkly in 20 years. Also, we don’t know if that’s not a model. Lastly, please help if you think you can find a better photo instead of being weird about it. Let’s Scooby Doo the shit out of this.