[ceejayoz]

The difference, I'll wager, is that Trump has a long history of faking/exaggerating/lying about his charitable donations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-boasts-of-his-...

> It was, in large part, a facade. A months-long investigation by The Washington Post has not been able to verify many of Trump’s boasts about his philanthropy.

> Instead, throughout his life in the spotlight, whether as a businessman, television star or presidential candidate, The Post found that Trump had sought credit for charity he had not given — or had claimed other people’s giving as his own.

https://www.npr.org/2017/10/18/558352411/a-trump-golf-course...

> Seventeen organizations listed on the Trump National website said that they could not find any record of a donation from the golf club.