Here’s the odd thing about this story – Trump actually owes much of his campaign success to the media, for the very reason that they just can’t get enough of the garbage that comes out of his mouth.

He dominates headlines, his hateful rhetoric gets spread far and wide and the angered, uneducated masses vote for him.

Thanks media, he might have said, but his anger is always piqued when he is really caught with his pants down on something he’s said.

Take for example his comments about raising funds to benefit military veterans. Back in January the Trumpster said he had raised more than $6 million for them, including fronting $1 million himself.

Except it was obvious that, with a little fact-checking, nothing had been done as of seven days ago when the Washington Post wrote their critique. The New York Times on his fightback below:

For 40 minutes, Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, assailed those reporting on his candidacy with a level of venom rarely seen at all, let alone in public, from the standard-bearer of a major political party. Then he warned that a Trump White House would feature more of the same.

He has, in the past seven days, finally made good on parts of that promise. But Trump was unable to see why someone might write a piece questioning why it wasn’t done in the weeks (or months) that followed:

Why had he waited so long to make his own donation? Several times, Mr. Trump said that it had taken time to scrutinize charities to make sure they were legitimate, though the recipient of his $1 million check was a group well known to him: Its vice chairman is the managing director of the Trump SoHo hotel, and the group gave Mr. Trump an award last year.

Strangely, Mr. Trump also suggested that the delays somehow owed to a desire to keep a low profile.

“I didn’t want the credit for it,” he said, adding moments later, “I’m not looking for credit.”

Yet Mr. Trump had announced his fund-raising for veterans on national television in January and had trumpeted it several times since, a reporter countered. Wasn’t that taking credit?

“I don’t think so,” Mr. Trump replied tersely, quickly taking another question.

This from Jezebel:

Phone calls to all 41 of the groups [receiving donations] … brought more than two-dozen responses Tuesday. About half reported checks from Trump within the past week, typically dated May 24, the day The Washington Post published a story questioning whether he had distributed all of the money.

Convenient that, amazing how a story calling you out on your bullshit can spur you into action.

We’ll end with this – if Stephen Hawking can’t explain Donald’s popularity what hope do we have?

Hawking was asked to explain the popular phenomenon of the property tycoon, who against all odds became the Republican presidential candidate.

“I can’t. He’s a demagogue who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator,” Hawking said.

We feel your pain Stephen.

[sources:newyorktimes&jezebel&mashable]