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Everybody loves a good Twitter war.
So Twitter users were in for a treat Sunday morning, when political commentator Keith Olbermann got into an online scuffle with Eric Trump.
It all started with Kellyanne Conway tweeting about Donald Trump Jr. and slyly referencing allegations of favor peddling by the Clinton Foundation.
\u201cThat would be something. \n\nEspecially if some of those countries repress girls & women. https://t.co/E7LtKjfwuH\u201d— Kellyanne Conway (@Kellyanne Conway) 1500122294
That's when Olbermann tweeted a response, throwing Eric Trump and his charity some major shade:
\u201cI understand your confusion. You're thinking of @EricTrump self-dealing charity cash to himself from golf tournaments. https://t.co/VbymSdWF9G\u201d— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1500124417
Trump didn't take kindly to the comment, firing a tweet back at Olbermann:
\u201cYou mean the $16.3 million dollars I have raised for dying children (before the age of 33) at a 12% expense ratio. What good have you done? https://t.co/g5fTWLY6OY\u201d— Eric Trump (@Eric Trump) 1500125727
That's when Olbermann went in for the kill:
\u201cSo 12% is what you skimmed/self-dealt back to Trump Org, Sonny? The $1m+ I've donated to St Jude's, Make-A-Wish etc came out of my pocket https://t.co/vya3gwHY1H\u201d— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1500212387
He then referenced a Forbes article that casts some major suspicion on Trump's charity:
\u201cRemind everybody again which one of us was taking $1.2m in charity as "payment" for a family golf course? https://t.co/3m7X8o0g7F https://t.co/vya3gwHY1H\u201d— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1500212486
Olbermann then gave Trump a lesson on the meaning of "charity":
\u201cCharity is when you see people with less or in need, and you give them some of yours, Sonny. It's not "a 12% expense ratio" (i.e. "profit") https://t.co/vya3gwHY1H\u201d— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1500212571
And finished with a smackdown:
\u201cLastly, Kid when we put you, your disloyal bro @DonaldJTrumpJr and treasonous @realDonaldTrump in prison we will all have done GREAT good https://t.co/vya3gwHY1H\u201d— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1500212644
Trump responded by blocking Olbermann.
The Forbes article referenced by Olbermann found that the Eric Trump Foundation paid President Trump's businesses $1.2 million in expenses related to the foundation's annual charity event between 2007 and 2015, which is held at the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, N.Y.
While donors were led to believe a more substantial portion of their donations would go toward the funding of children's cancer research, it was found that tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars went to the golf club, starting with $50,000 in 2007 and eventually rising to $322,000 in 2015.
According to experts and former employees, there's no way to explain that amount, leading many, including Olbermann, to believe that the Trump Organization has been making a profit.
Many agreed with Olbermann's sentiments:
\u201c@KeithOlbermann Exactly, Keith. The corrupt Trump clan have no idea what charity is - they take from everything & everyone. They r all sickening.\u201d— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1500212571
\u201c@KeithOlbermann "Charity" and "expense ratio" in same sentence. Says it all. This Toxic mob family is a cancer.\u201d— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1500212571
And as for Eric blocking Olbermann...
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