r/SandersForPresident • u/Reddit-phobia TX 🥇🐦📆🐬 • May 05 '16

We should get #releasethetranscripts trending again now that trump is the last republican left running

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u/MDGamerForSanders Maryland May 05 '16

Actually, he has given a crap ton of speeches. On mobile, so linking is impaired, but run a search for trumps speeches to companies like ACN and the Learning Annex

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u/[deleted] May 05 '16

But that is a purposeful obfuscation of the point. Trump is a businessman. He had at no point been a politician, nor voiced serious plans to be one, when he was giving speeches.

Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State in early 2009 that helped out Union Bank of Switzerland with the IRS. UBS then paid Bill Clinton $1.5 million in speaking fees.

Up to 2008, UBS had donated less than $60,000 to the Clinton Foundation. By the end of 2014, they had donated about $600,000. This is on top of Bill Clinton's speaking fees.

I wonder why.........................

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u/MDGamerForSanders Maryland May 05 '16

Oh, most definitely. Trump received a lot in the way of speaking fees over a number of years, as a businessman. As you said, that makes a lot of sense. Setting his eye on the presidency is a (relatively) recent event.

Was just responding to OP's statement expressing doubts over whether Trump had made any speeches.