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President Donald Trump pledged to forgo a presidential salary, but as his second payday approaches, the White House is declining to say if the president has donated any of his earnings yet.
During the campaign, Trump promised he would take "no salary" if elected a pledge he reiterated after he won.
"I'm not going to the take the salary," he said on CBS' "60 Minutes" in November.
The Constitution, however, requires that the president receive a salary, and that it not be reduced during his term. Federal law mandates the president receive a $400,000 annual salary, paid out once a month.
During the campaign, Trump promised he would take "no salary" if elected a pledge he reiterated after he won.
"I'm not going to the take the salary," he said on CBS' "60 Minutes" in November.
The Constitution, however, requires that the president receive a salary, and that it not be reduced during his term. Federal law mandates the president receive a $400,000 annual salary, paid out once a month.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/after-pledging-donate-salary-trump-declines-release-proof-n732466
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After Pledging to Donate Salary, Trump Declines to Release Proof (Original Post)
spanone
Mar 2017
OP
I'll take that bet. I keep reading defeatest statements like this on DU, and they're wrong.
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2017
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dalton99a
(81,543 posts)1. You can bet nobody will dare to raise this question again.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)2. I'll take that bet. I keep reading defeatest statements like this on DU, and they're wrong.
I read that our protests wouldn't make any difference, but they have.
I read that Flynn would never be removed, but he was.
I read that the Trump would feel no consequences from his Muslim ban, but he did.
and so on
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)3. I mean the press asking them.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)4. Just ask which charities he donated to
and look it up from there.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,187 posts)6. My guess? The Trump Foundation, of course.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)5. which means he's pocketed it.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,422 posts)7. Whether he is taking a salary or not
We are still paying a boatload of money for his weekly getaways to Mar-A-Lago- Certainly $400K and then some, so I'm not seeing how his "pledge" even really matters all that much.