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struggle4progress

(118,268 posts)
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 06:40 PM Mar 2017

After Pledging to Donate Salary, Trump Declines to Release Proof

MAR 12 2017, 4:05 PM ET
by ARI MELBER

President Donald Trump pledged to forego 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 ...

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.

Trump aides have previously said Trump would donate his salary to the Treasury Department or a charity ...


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) struggle4progress Mar 2017 OP
Don't hold your breath folks malaise Mar 2017 #1
He is probably donating it to his Favorite Charity... sheshe2 Mar 2017 #2
It's part of the smoke screen... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #3

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)
3. It's part of the smoke screen...
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 07:05 PM
Mar 2017

He promised to donate it to charity. We know how valuable his word is.

Now follow me here. Tax day is upon us soon. Another tradition has been that the President reveals his tax returns to the public. So Trump will claim to have donated his salary to charity, thus he has no income and he doesn't have to release his tax returns.

I know it's bullshit, but that's what he'll do and his supporters will eat it up.

He won't release anything without full on subpoenas and other legal coercive methods.

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