eric trump said he too would stop fund-raising. about $1.5 million primarily for st. jude s hospital is how much eric trump s foundation raises. he s announcing he too will suspend his charity. he said on thursday after reports of the trump sons possibly giving generous donors special access to their father. obviously now that would be a big problem. the president-elect tweeting his displeasure saying this isn t this a ridiculous shame? he loves these kids. has raised millions of dollars for them and now must stop. wrong answer. as for the trump foundation, we don t have a timeline of when it will be dissolved. but the future president said he will be pursuing his strong interest in philanthropy in other ways. back to you. certainly the president has a lot of ways to pursue those ideas. speaking of mr. trump and the trump transition, jason mill are
think that actually when you re in office or child of a president going out and raising money explicitly for different causes. for st. jude s hospital? really? i think so. what if ivanka was working for, let s say, the clinton foundation to raise money? that was the standard here. are you raising money with the ability to actually then gain access to someone in the administration? the problem here is that ivanka is going to have a seat at the table. yes, it s a charitable cause. it does good obviously st. jude does intense good. but because she s part of the administration and explicitly working in the transition team and because donald trump has said he s going to turn to her for advice on policies like, for instance, paid leave, then it becomes a question of are you actually paying for access? really good point there. one difference is this is st. jude s hospital and not the trump foundation.
today. carol, i guess if you re lady gaga you can be furiously unintentional. i guess so. i ve got to figure out what that means first. there is a battle royal going on between jerry seinfeld and donald trump? yeah. this could be the first major celebrity sign of a backlash against donald trump for his involvement in the whole birther controversy. jerry seinfeld is distancing himself from the donald. seinfeld was planning to appear at a september 13th charity event sponsored by donald trump s son eric trumption foundation benefiting st. jude s children s research hospital. certainly a great cause. but the comedian has pulled out of the engagement because of what donald trump has been saying about the president. seinfeld s rep is saying that jerry feels this kind of demagoguery has no place in public discourse. now, seinfeld s going to make a contribution to both the trump foundation and to the st. jude s hospital. donald responded in his typical fashion. he came out swinging. he
kind of an unlikely pair there. this is what the deal is about. my money s on jerry. smart. apparently jerry kind of backed out of an event, it was a fund-raiser for donald trump s son, eric trump. he has a foundation. so jerry seinfeld to do this fund-raiser to benefit the foundation and st. jude s hospital, however according to reps for jerry he s become uncomfortable with the donald s questioning of where president obama was born. he said, i feel uncomfortable with this. and he backed out of the event. obviously donald is not bashful about sharing his opinion so kind of fired off this nasty letter and said he regretted appearing on jerry seinfeld s failed show way back when called the marriage ref and said i should have canceled on you the way that you cancelled on me and closed out the letter by saying, you should be ashamed of yourself. the rep for seinfeld says this kind of demagoguery has no place for this in discourse. is making contribution both to the eric trump foundat
this is what the deal is about. my money s on jerry. smart. apparently jerry kind of backed out of an event, it was a fund-raiser for donald trump s son, eric trump. he has a foundation. so jerry seinfeld to do this fund-raiser to benefit the foundation and st. jude s hospital, however according to reps for jerry he s become uncomfortable with the donald s questioning of where president obama was born. he said, i feel uncomfortable with this. and he backed out of the event. obviously donald is not bashful about sharing his opinion so he kind of fired off this nasty letter and said he regretted appearing on jerry seinfeld s failed show way back when, called the marriage ref and said, i should have canceled on you the way that you canceled on me, and closed out the letter by saying, you should be ashamed of yourself.