Trump didn't get post-9/11 funds for helping people

[Jacque67 7,328]

Donald Trumps tale about why he took $150,000 in 9/11 money is as tall as the Downtown skyscraper he says he used in recovery efforts, according to government records.

Though the billionaire presidential candidate has repeatedly suggested he got that money for helping others out after the attacks, documents obtained by the Daily News show that Trumps account was just a huge lie.

Records from the Empire State Development Corp., which administered the recovery program, show that Trumps company asked for those funds for rent loss, cleanup and repair not to recuperate money lost in helping people.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-trump-didn-post-9-11-funds-helping-people-article-1.2786879

Rat!

[Jacque67 7,328]

Trump claims the money was "probably" meant as reimbursement "for the fact that I allowed people, for many months, to stay in the building, use the building and store things in the building." It wasn't. As the Daily News says, his application says it was for cleanup and repair, even though he had earlier said that his building wasn't damaged. "It was not part of the program to give money away for the other ancillary stuff," says David Catalfamo, who helped run the program. "The way the program worked was to help businesses cover for uninsured losses. Businesses came forward with their losses and we covered part of them."

And how did Trump qualify as a "small business" in the first place, even though the Trump Organization employs thousands? Well, the particular entity that owned the building had fewer than 500 employees, so voila. Instant payday.

Some mourn. Some burn for revenge. Some help bury the dead. And then there are the ones who just cash in. That's no surprise. We usually don't think of them as presidential material, though.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/09/heres-how-donald-trump-remembers-911

[Rob L 3,811]

While Hillary went to bat for her state as Senator getting funds for businesses and residents not put whole by insurance, Trump suckled at the welfare teet, taking funds meant for restaurants, florists and the like.

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But it's just Rump being a shrewd business man.