Donald Trump throws a grand old party
- 8 years ago
No one ever really doubted that Donald Trump could pull off a major counter-programing feat - even when competing with a GOP debate that was expected to draw millions of viewers.
He did it Thursday night, dazzling a crowd of hundreds of enthusiastic supporters by announcing that he had raised more than $6 million for veterans in one day - $1 million of it from his own checkbook.
Instead he delivered a speech mostly focused on the problems veterans have faced when returning from Iraq and Afghanistan - inadequate healthcare and housing, drug abuse, mental health issues and homelessness.
In a somewhat extraordinary move for someone who has reveled in taunting his rivals, he invited Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum - two candidates who had been relegated to an earlier undercard debate - to join him on stage to speak about veterans issues.
He did it Thursday night, dazzling a crowd of hundreds of enthusiastic supporters by announcing that he had raised more than $6 million for veterans in one day - $1 million of it from his own checkbook.
Instead he delivered a speech mostly focused on the problems veterans have faced when returning from Iraq and Afghanistan - inadequate healthcare and housing, drug abuse, mental health issues and homelessness.
In a somewhat extraordinary move for someone who has reveled in taunting his rivals, he invited Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum - two candidates who had been relegated to an earlier undercard debate - to join him on stage to speak about veterans issues.