{"id":38888,"date":"2026-08-11T16:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38888"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:33:19","slug":"trump-torches-list-of-think-tanks-donors-from-apple-to-walmart-in-scorching-rant-radical-left-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38888","title":{"rendered":"Trump Torches List of Think Tank\u2019s Donors \u2013 from Apple to Walmart \u2013 in Scorching Rant: \u2018Radical Left SCAM!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5715632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5715632\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5715632\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3f37049d-72f5-363c-6b03-3583f599f3aa-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5715632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> tore into some of America\u2019s biggest companies and business figures on Monday, singling out Apple, Google, Walmart as well as billionaires <strong>George Soros<\/strong> and <strong>Bill Gates<\/strong>, as he threatened legal action over a think-tank report challenging his record on crime.<\/p>\n<p>The reactions came after the Center for American Progress (CAP) associate director <strong>Chandler Hall<\/strong> appeared on C-SPAN to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/the-trump-administrations-1-7-billion-national-guard-deployments-fail-to-reduce-urban-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his report<\/a>, published in July, concluding that the president\u2019s use of the National Guard and federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C., and other cities had failed to demonstrate a meaningful impact on crime despite costing $1.7 billion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"4301f8160584eb07cd7b430b686a8595\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chandler Hall challenges the Trump administration\u2019s ongoing National Guard deployments saying there is no evidence they are working despite a potential $1.7 billion price tag and warning they may actually make effective local efforts harder<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NYI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b6Sg6WQC4P\">pic.twitter.com\/b6Sg6WQC4P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NewYork-Insight (@NewYork_Insight) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewYork_Insight\/status\/2086865475791933776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump unloaded on Hall in an overnight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/truth-social\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social post<\/a> on Monday as well as the think tank\u2019s donors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChandler Hall, representing, on Television, the foolish Center for American Lack of Progress, stated that adding the National Guard to Cities, including our now Great Again, Washington, D.C., had \u2018NO impact on Crime,\u2019\u201d the president wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow crazy is that. Hall was met with furious dissent. The report is just another Radical Left SCAM, as are the people who fund this gaggle of Lunatics,\u201d he went on, listing donors: \u201cGeorge Soros, Bill and <strong>Melinda Gates<\/strong>, Google, Apple, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, WellsFargo, Bank of America, Walmart, Toyota, T-Mobile, and NBC Universal. Foreign support includes the Embassy of Japan, the Korea Foundation, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (Taiwan), and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He then refocused his ire back to the think tank, threatening to take it to court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dumocrats love it, and are against anything \u2018TRUMP,\u2019\u201d he went on. \u201cThese people, and others like them, are so bad for our Country. Their stated course is anything to hate or demean \u2018TRUMP.\u2019 This will be met with a lawsuit, which is being drawn now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also strongly considering adding some of the contributors to this Fake Organization,\u201d he concluded. \u201cCrime is way down since I took Office, and they know it. Liars, at this level, must be held accountable!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5749983\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5749983\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5749983\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-11-at-12-07-52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"828\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5749983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Screengrab via Truth Social)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CAP, founded in 2003 by <strong>John Podesta<\/strong>, no longer publicly identifies its donors, and during his C-SPAN sitdown, Hall acknowledged that homicides and violent crime had fallen in Washington, but argued that the decline began before Trump\u2019s federal intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s unfortunate that the president is continuing to still choose to boast that these deployments, these very costly interventions, are showing any result to try to convince voters that they should sign on for more of these kinds of interventions and federal overreach when, again, there\u2019s no proof that they have any effect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-torches-list-of-think-tanks-donors-from-apple-to-walmart-in-scorching-rant-radical-left-scam\/\">Trump Torches List of Think Tank\u2019s Donors \u2013 from Apple to Walmart \u2013 in Scorching Rant: \u2018Radical Left SCAM!\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP Photo\/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump tore into some of America\u2019s biggest companies and business figures on Monday, singling out Apple, Google, Walmart as well as billionaires George Soros and Bill Gates, as he threatened legal action over a think-tank report challenging his record on crime. 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