In January 2016, allegedly angry at Fox new, and hiding his hissy fit behind something noble, Donald Trump announced, rather than participating in the upcoming GOP debate, he would host a fundraiser for veterans.

Why stand on a stage with other candidates when he can have a stage all to himself?

And what better way to get people to love him than use the veterans.

Although the day after Trump publicly made this announcement,  his spokesperson, Katrina Pierson, was unable to name a single veterans group that would benefit, but claimed that a list of organizations was posted on the campaign website. No such list was there.

His son, Donald Jr., tweeted that Trump would announce which organizations would receive money during the event, but Trump himself said that the list was only available in-person at the fundraiser in Iowa.

Trump was happy to announce, at the end of this fundraiser, that he had raised $6 million, and that he donated $1 million of his own funds.

Of the 22 organizations he had mentioned only by number, but not name, only seven received checks totaling $650,000 in the weeks  after the fundraiser.

At the beginning of March the Trump campaign told The Washington Post  that about $3 million had been donated to veterans’ charities, but when the Wall Street Journal  called the 22 organizations the Trump campaign said would receive money, the total disbursed was only $2.4 million for 19 of the 22 groups.

In late April, Trump’s spokesperon, Hope Hicks, gave CNN a list of 27 organizations that had received $2.9 million, while in early May, Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, told the network that the campaign gave to more organizations than the 22 veterans groups it initially said would receive the funds.

Lewandowski later explained that the campaign raised about $4.5 million, and that “Mr. Trump’s money is fully spent,” apparently in reference to his $1 million pledge.

By this time people began to ask questions, and Donald called up the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, and told its chairman it would be receiving $1 million.

In spite of videos to the contrary, Trump began to claim that he never said the Iowa fundraiser raised $6 million, and when reminded of what he had said, defended himself by explaining that that he didn’t have tape of the fundraiser or his comments at the end of it.

Oddly for someone who has claimed he has the best memory in the world and that many, many people can attest to that, he can’t remember having said something that memorable without having a tape of him saying it.

Even odder?

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So with all the questions that have come up about actually how much money was raised, where it went, an when did it go, Trump held a press conference.

The major take-away from the press conference as far as the money went was that after his constant talking about how much he raised and how much he loves the veterans, he explained that the details about the fundraiser were really no one’s business.

In his words,

“I wanted to keep it private, because I don’t think it’s anybody’s business if I want to send money to the vets.”

Smaller amount raised than bragged about; money not dispensed until he was questioned; some checks going out the day he was questioned about no money being dispersed; his own $1million donation given just before the day of the press conference to clear things up (It took Donald Trump getting caught making fraudulent statements for him to follow through on claims about supporting veterans); and when he is called on it, Trump tells the press,

“I have never received such bad publicity for doing such a good job. The press should be ashamed of themselves.” 

He follows this with a few personal insults directed toward any reporter who asked an uncomfortable question at his news conference called so he could explain things, and the questionable actions about his veterans fundraiser and how he used the vets to promote himself are thrown aside, and it is all about his dislike of the press.

He, once again, controlled the press and the news, and what should be dealt with won’t be.

He killed the story about his abuse of the veterans.

The press is again complicit in his acts of self-protection.

He builds his own walls to protect himself, and the media refuses to breech them.