Trump would have been better served if he accepted the 400K presidential salary

[Demovictory9]

then contributed the net as taxes. there is an option to pay more taxes than owed. if Trump had accepted the salary and then paid the 200K back as taxes, he's look so much better. 3 years of 200K taxes vs. $750. was he too skint to even round up to $1000??

[alwaysinasnit]

1. Do we know for sure that he didn't accept the salary? As far as I know, we have only his

word for it, and given his penchant for lying, I am not inclined to believe him. Is there any way to verify?

[Demovictory9]

2. I had accepted it as face value, but now we know how broke he is... good question

[alwaysinasnit]

3. I just can't see him passing up any opportunity to get money, and $400K is nothing to sneeze at,

especially if you are broke.

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. Excellent point!

[unblock]

6. We know he has been and is being paid his salary, it's the law.

But supposedly he has donating periodically, typically to a government agency, if I recall properly. Supposedly.


Snopes has a list of the supposed recipients, notes:

"To be clear, this list documents announcements — not receipts — of Trump’s donations."

https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/12/13/president-trump-salary-donation/

Sounds like they have not been able to get verification that he's actually sent any money.

[alwaysinasnit]

7. "Supposedly" Yup, I can't argue with that.

[iemitsu]

4. If Trump really donated his salary it went to

a charity that allows him to print checks.