--- description: Donald Trump said he donated $1 million to a veterans group, fulfilling a pledge he made four months ago that had come under questioning. title: Donald Trump Donates to Veterans Group 4 Months After Pledge image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d4631c8521cc0c1/698894b9cf40a806efc43603/donald-trump-donation.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump Donates to Veterans Group 4 Months After Fundraiser Pledge  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 24, 2016 10:20 PM CUT  Donald Trump flashes the thumbs-up as he arrives on stage for the start of the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald Trump flashes the thumbs-up as he arrives on stage for the start of the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.MANDEL NGAN—AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 24, 2016 10:20 PM CUT Donald Trump on Tuesday said he [donated $1 million to a veterans group](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/24/four-months-later-donald-trump-says-he-gave-1-million-to-veterans-group/ "undefined"), fulfilling a pledge he made four months ago that recently came under questioning. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said he gave the money to the [Marine Corps—Law Enforcement Foundation](http://www.mc-lef.org/ "undefined") on Monday evening, according to the Washington _Post_. The mogul’s announcement comes after an investigation by media outlets, including the _Post_, which had been looking into whether Trump made good on a promise he [made in January at an Iowa fundraiser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jWb1v8lnjw "undefined") to donate $1 million of his own money to veterans’ causes. Trump blamed the delay on a long review process. “You have a lot of vetting to do,” he told the _Post_, which noted that Trump’s personal charity had previously donated to the group. The billionaire businessman also called a reporter from the newspaper a “nasty guy” when he asked if Monday’s donation was in response to media probes. “I gave out millions of dollars that I had no obligation to do,” Trump said. \[[_Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/24/four-months-later-donald-trump-says-he-gave-1-million-to-veterans-group/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4347161/donald-trump-donate-veterans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4347161/donald-trump-donate-veterans/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Donates to Veterans Group 4 Months After Fundraiser Pledge","datePublished":"2016-05-24T22:20:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:41:16.546Z","description":"Media outlets had been investigating whether the promise was fulfilled","url":"https://time.com/4347161/donald-trump-donate-veterans/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d4631c8521cc0c1/698894b9cf40a806efc43603/donald-trump-donation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d4631c8521cc0c1/698894b9cf40a806efc43603/donald-trump-donation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-DEBATE","caption":"Donald Trump flashes the thumbs-up as he arrives on stage for the start of the prime time Republican presidential debate on August 6, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.","creditText":"MANDEL NGAN—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4347161/donald-trump-donate-veterans/","name":"Donald Trump Donates to Veterans Group 4 Months After Fundraiser Pledge"}}]}] ```