President Donald Trump is pledging $1 1000000 inwards personal coin to Harvey tempest relief efforts.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the proclamation at a briefing Thursday. She said Trump is calling on reporters to aid produce upwards one's hear which specific organisation he should plough over to.
But Trump could too bring a cue from his ain re-election campaign. Earlier this week, his 2020 political commission blasted out emails in addition to texts to to a greater extent than than 10 1000000 supporters encouraging people to donate to Harvey efforts. The messages provided links to several specific charities: the Red Cross, Salvation Army, United Way in addition to local animate beingness rescue operations.
Trump used a like "reporters decide" gimmick at the maiden of all of his administration, that fourth dimension amongst his presidential salary, which he is declining to accept. Then-press secretarial assistant Sean Spicer told reporters at a March briefing that Trump "has kindly asked yous all determine where that goes.”
A few weeks later, the White House announced that Trump had decided to plough over his maiden of all iii months of salary to the Interior Department; his minute iii months worth went to the Education Department.
Trump has been criticized inwards the by for giving far less of his income to charitable causes than many other multi-billionaires. And he hasn't followed through on previous charity pledges.
In i high-profile representative final year, he failed to plough over a promised $1 1000000 of his ain coin - addition roughly other $5 1000000 he said he'd raised - to veterans' organizations until reporters asked questions months after almost who had received the charity.
Harvey's alluvion waters own got heavily damaged tens of thousands of homes across Texas in addition to killed at to the lowest degree xxx people. The tempest is at i time threatening the share close the Texas-Louisiana acre line.
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