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DDySiegs

(253 posts)
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 05:52 PM Aug 2019

Trump Donation v. Trump RIP OFF

Donald Trump has donated his annual $400,000 presidential salary back to to the govrnment. . . How public spirited of him!

Now lets look at the other side of this (very lopsided coin) courtesy of Politicususa:

”According to Trump Golf Count, Trump has taken 207 golf trips and counting, at a cost to taxpayers of $108 million and counting. Taxpayers are getting a horrible deal. The country would be better off paying Trump his salary and forcing the president to pay for his own golf trips.

If Trump was forced to pay for his own trips to his private clubs, not only would the taxpayers save money, but Trump also wouldn’t make millions of dollars by billing the taxpayers for expenses at his clubs.
Republicans who made an issue out of Obama’s vacations suddenly have nothing to say about a president who has made George W. Bush look like a workaholic. Since Trump really isn’t a billionaire, the odds of taxpayers ever getting their money back are zero.”.


Yes, the taxpayer has to pick up Trump’s golf trip tab - which is about 270 times the size of his annual donation. Such a deal!!

More at https://www.politicususa.com/2019/08/17/cost-of-trump-golf-trips.html
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Trump Donation v. Trump RIP OFF (Original Post) DDySiegs Aug 2019 OP
How Do We Know erpowers Aug 2019 #1

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
1. How Do We Know
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 08:56 AM
Aug 2019

How do we know that Donald Trump has actually donated his annual salary back to the U.S. government? What proof has he provided, other than him telling the American people that he has given the salary back, that he has given back his salary?

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