Why Does Trump Suddenly Think Clinton Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt?

Republican candidate for president Donald Trump turned heads when he asked the American people to give his opponent Hillary Clinton “the benefit of the doubt” regarding the major controversies of the Clinton Foundation, such as the alleged hypocrisy of receiving donations from countries like Saudi Arabia.

“We know that gays and lesbians in Saudi Arabia can get the death penalty … would you ever take money from a country that treats gays, lesbians, Jews and Christians that way?” Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Trump in a town hall that aired Wednesday evening.

“Well, you don’t want to do that, and if they knew about it that would be one thing, and I assume they knew about it, big league. But certainly they know about it now so maybe they can give the money back,” Trump said in response.

“Wait a minute, they knew about it,” a seemingly confused Hannity interrupted, “because that has been Saudi Arabia’s practice for years.”

“But you know what, let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. They certainly knew…” Trump said, as Hannity interjected: “You’re going to give them the benefit of the doubt? I’m not.”

Critics have attacked the Democratic presidential candidate for claiming to be a champion of gay and lesbian Americans while her controversial Clinton Foundation accepts foreign donations from countries that persecute the LGBT community.

Trump, himself, has called for Clinton to return the donations in the past, criticizing her for her hypocrisy.

So why is he now undermining a message he should be hammering Hillary Clinton with by calling on others to give his opponent “the benefit of the doubt”?

The incestuous relationship between the Clinton Foundation, the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, and Hillary Clinton’s time as Secretary of State at the State Department have been ripe for attacks from Republicans and the media.

Recent revelations from Hillary Clinton’s private email server showed that Clinton used her State Department to do favors for Clinton Foundation donors.

And as the Clintons’ tax returns revealed, Bill and Hillary Clinton have used the Clinton Foundation to give themselves kickbacks while pretending to donate to charity.

Why does Hillary Clinton deserve the “benefit of the doubt” when it is apparent she and her husband have repeatedly misused their “charity” for personal benefit? (For more from the author of “Why Does Trump Suddenly Think Clinton Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt?” please click HERE)

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