If you follow the mainstream media, by now you've probably heard that in a condolence call a few months ago to the parents of a soldier killed in action, President Trump asked the father how he was getting by. The father responded that he was having financial difficulties and that there were few, if any, benefits that came from his son's death. President Trump told the father that he would send him $25,000 from his personal funds to help. There was no publicity about this gesture by the President, but a few weeks ago, someone in the media made it public along with an article about how President Trump never sent the check. The point of the story was that the President was adding to the pain of this gold star family with a false promise. Well, now there's an update. The check from the President has arrived. It was delayed because of all the regulations that control interactions between the President and anyone else, particularly when it comes to gifts by or to the President. It has taken all this time for the bureaucrats to approve the payment as legally allowable.
The family is thrilled and overwhelmed by the check and the gesture from President Trump according to their own words. They have decided to use the funds to start a non-profit group designed to help other Americans in honor of their son. It's a wonderful outcome.
After the publicity the matter got a few weeks back when the story of the check first broke, one would think that the media would cover how the story finally turned out. If so, you would be incorrect. Neither NBC or CBS has any mention of the story on their websites although both have multiple new stories about the phone call between Trump and the widow of one of the soldiers killed in Niger and its aftermath. ABC, however, did cover this story.
For its part, the White House never tried to use this gift for political purposes and, even now, says that it is a private matter.
Once again, the media tries to make this look like a horrible move by the President, but the story blows up in their faces.
The family is thrilled and overwhelmed by the check and the gesture from President Trump according to their own words. They have decided to use the funds to start a non-profit group designed to help other Americans in honor of their son. It's a wonderful outcome.
After the publicity the matter got a few weeks back when the story of the check first broke, one would think that the media would cover how the story finally turned out. If so, you would be incorrect. Neither NBC or CBS has any mention of the story on their websites although both have multiple new stories about the phone call between Trump and the widow of one of the soldiers killed in Niger and its aftermath. ABC, however, did cover this story.
For its part, the White House never tried to use this gift for political purposes and, even now, says that it is a private matter.
Once again, the media tries to make this look like a horrible move by the President, but the story blows up in their faces.
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