Presidential race 2016

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No, he represents veterans who need donations.

BG, I'm just trying to find out if he spoke for the veterans, if he was expressing THEIR wishes.

I'm pretty sure that if you were to ask a veteran that needed funding for rehab and couldn't get it due to a lack of funds, he/she wouldn't feel as though he was expressing his/her wishes.

Well, the question is whether they're an advocacy group or an aid group. The two are at odds in this case. Either the guy is too involved in politics to help his target segment, or he's correct to strategically ignore funds based on the political interest of the group. He's the CEO, so he gets to decide which hat he wants to wear. It also should affect donation habits. If I want to protect vet rights, I donate to him, if I want to help vets financially, I look elsewhere.

Ultimately, he can't block Trump's gamesmanship. He can criticize it, and any policies that hurt veterans, but Trump can give money to the next charity. One focused on aid. Or he can start his own charity. There's no dependency there. And there's no conflict of interest for an aid group. Politician may run a close third to drug dealer and terrorist, but their occupation is still generally accepted in America.