Twitter user “ActualFlatticus” only needed 35 tweets to explain how exactly the Clinton Foundation spends all of its charitable contributions.
The user argues that despite claiming to provide direct aid to needy people around the globe, the “Foundation exists as primarily a clearing house for other people’s money” and “not one dime appears to go to actual goods.”
1. So let’s talk about what the Clinton Foundation does. First, they do not get drugs for AIDS patients. This is a common fiction.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
@ActualFlatticus 2. That’s CHAI, and it’s an independent organization.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
3. They have a childhood obesity program. It essentially offers consulting to schools on the issue. That’s all.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
4. They have a program to expand climate-smart agronomy. Again, it’s pretty much just training and an anchor farm.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
5. They claim to reduce 33,500 tons of greenhouse gases in America through the HEAL program. It gives people loans, that’s all.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
6. There are the CGI Commitments to Action. Again, it’s funding.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
7. And there’s the Clinton Health Matters Initiative. It’s fundraising and grants for health initiatives.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
8. Of the $2,000,000,000 raised, not one dime appears to go to actual goods. All to consultants, fundraisers, etc..
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
9. In each case, the Clinton Foundation exists as primarily a clearing house for other people’s money.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
10. And they keep 90%. While they claim 88% goes to charity, that’s only if they include CHAI. Again, separate organization.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
11. The primary purpose of the Clinton Foundation is the expansion of the Clinton Foundation to pay more of its own employees.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
12. In nearly every case, even slight examination shows that the Clinton Foundation acts as a consulting firm.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
13. It is the charity equivalent of a Washington think tank designed to sell access.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 22, 2016
14. Now here’s the fun part. Every time a corporation joins up with the Clinton Foundation there seems to be a kickback.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
15. Take for example the International Youth Fund. They got $55,000,000 in grants from Clinton’s state department.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
16. The International Youth Fund counts among its boardmembers one Douglas Baker. He gave 1-5 million to the Foundation.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
17. But Douglas Baker is also the chair of Laureate University, who paid Bill $16,500,000 for an honorary position over 5 years.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
18. 1-5 million to the foundation, 16.5 million to Bill personally, nets you back $55,000,000 in taxpayer funded aid. Nice work!
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
19. What the Clintons have done with the foundation is to monetize the intersection of charity and political influence.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
20. There is no good the Foundation does which does not at least additionally, if not primarily, benefit the Clintons and their entities.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
21. It’s not an isolated case. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum the ruler of Dubai paid Bill Clinton 15 million through ’08.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
22. Now there is a Clinton Global Initiative program organizing every charity in Dubai of consequence.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
23. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the UAE paid the Clintons $1-$5,000,000 despite backing some other truly sketchy groups of people.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
24. The Foundation took money from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, as well. Up to 40 million dollars.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
25. At the same time defense contractors like Boeing ($5M), GE, ($1M), Goldman Sachs (Hawker Beechcraft) and others gave to the Foundation.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
26. Both sides of these transactions then profited when the weapons were permitted to be sold in greater numbers to the donors.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
27. Does the Foundation manage some good? Absolutely. Mostly by funding others who do.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
28. But in most cases, not one donor, but two donors are benefiting financially from the relationship.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
29. As such, the Clinton Foundation is every bit as much a dealbroker as they are a charity. Donations are the broker’s fee.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
30. Now what’s the back end for the Clinton family? First, 2 billion pays salaries forever. No Clinton need work ever again. Ever.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
31. Second, the Foundation uses employment as payback, and has unlimited funds for those salaries too.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
32. Third, there is a clear pattern of overlapping payments to the Clintons personally and their foundation which are not unrelated.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
33. But the big deal is that every time the Foundation acts it increases the power and prestige of the Clinton Family.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
34. This increases their demand as speakers, as brokers, as paid friends. And makes the entire cycle start all over again.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
35. In short (too late) the Clinton Foundation is an access salesroom and an influence factory. Charity is an afterthought.
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) August 23, 2016
It should be noted, the Twitter bio for ActualFlatticus states that “all [its] posts are satirical and/or in the nature of parody.”