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| Donald Trump Lashes Out at Media While Detailing Gifts to Veterans | Donald Trump Lashes Out at Media While Detailing Gifts to Veterans |
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| A defensive Donald J. Trump angrily listed more than two dozen veterans’ groups that he said had received $5.6 million thanks to his fund-raising and personal largess during a contentious news conference Tuesday in which he repeatedly railed against reporters who questioned him. | A defensive Donald J. Trump angrily listed more than two dozen veterans’ groups that he said had received $5.6 million thanks to his fund-raising and personal largess during a contentious news conference Tuesday in which he repeatedly railed against reporters who questioned him. |
| Criticizing the news media at length, Mr. Trump demanded that journalists credit him for his act of charity and took umbrage at their scrutiny of his boasts and promises. | Criticizing the news media at length, Mr. Trump demanded that journalists credit him for his act of charity and took umbrage at their scrutiny of his boasts and promises. |
| In a heated, 40-minute appearance in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, Mr. Trump dismissed a CNN reporter as “a real beauty” and an ABC reporter as “a sleaze,” and said that if he was elected president, the American public could expect a similar dynamic in the White House briefing room. | In a heated, 40-minute appearance in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, Mr. Trump dismissed a CNN reporter as “a real beauty” and an ABC reporter as “a sleaze,” and said that if he was elected president, the American public could expect a similar dynamic in the White House briefing room. |
| “Yes, it is,” he said. “It is going to be like this.” | “Yes, it is,” he said. “It is going to be like this.” |
| Mr. Trump attributed the holdup in gifts — which he announced in January — to a need to scrutinize the charities beforehand — though the recipient of his largest donation is well-known to him. And he expressed a newfound bashfulness about his donations, saying that he “didn’t want to have credit” for them — though he had promised the donations in a speech carried live on national television. | Mr. Trump attributed the holdup in gifts — which he announced in January — to a need to scrutinize the charities beforehand — though the recipient of his largest donation is well-known to him. And he expressed a newfound bashfulness about his donations, saying that he “didn’t want to have credit” for them — though he had promised the donations in a speech carried live on national television. |
| The problem stemmed from an event Mr. Trump staged in late January as an alternative to the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses, which he skipped. In a televised fund-raiser that he said would benefit military veterans, he announced he had raised more than $6 million and that he himself was giving $1 million. | The problem stemmed from an event Mr. Trump staged in late January as an alternative to the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses, which he skipped. In a televised fund-raiser that he said would benefit military veterans, he announced he had raised more than $6 million and that he himself was giving $1 million. |
| But the full amount did not materialize quickly, and The Washington Post reported a week ago that Mr. Trump still had yet to make his own donation. | But the full amount did not materialize quickly, and The Washington Post reported a week ago that Mr. Trump still had yet to make his own donation. |
| On Tuesday, Mr. Trump arrived prepared with a list of groups — complete with exact dollar amounts — to which he said he had donated. Campaign aides and security guards applauded Mr. Trump. | On Tuesday, Mr. Trump arrived prepared with a list of groups — complete with exact dollar amounts — to which he said he had donated. Campaign aides and security guards applauded Mr. Trump. |
| The largest gift, he said, was $1 million to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, and he held up a copy of a check to back up his assertion. (The group’s vice chairman, Gary Schweikert, is the managing director of the Trump SoHo hotel.) | The largest gift, he said, was $1 million to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, and he held up a copy of a check to back up his assertion. (The group’s vice chairman, Gary Schweikert, is the managing director of the Trump SoHo hotel.) |
| Demanding that the news media praise him for his generosity, Mr. Trump complained that military veterans were calling him in outrage rather than in gratitude. | Demanding that the news media praise him for his generosity, Mr. Trump complained that military veterans were calling him in outrage rather than in gratitude. |
| “The press should be ashamed of themselves,” Mr. Trump said. “You make me look very bad.” | “The press should be ashamed of themselves,” Mr. Trump said. “You make me look very bad.” |
| Outside Trump Tower, Perry O’Brien, a veteran from Brooklyn who said he had served in Afghanistan until 2003, protested Mr. Trump as part of a group calling itself Vets vs. Hate. | Outside Trump Tower, Perry O’Brien, a veteran from Brooklyn who said he had served in Afghanistan until 2003, protested Mr. Trump as part of a group calling itself Vets vs. Hate. |
| “Veterans are not for sale, and we’re not interested in making a deal when it comes to him demeaning veterans, demeaning P.O.W.s,” said Mr. O’Brien, who said he was a supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders. |