"President Trump will donate a month of his salary at the end of the year,"

[riversedge]

umm I just saw this. I thought Trump was giving up his entire salary to charity (except a dollar).


NBC News

Trump to Let Press Corps Decide Charity for Salary Donation

https://flipboard.com/section/politics-vi8fn3a1mm41n138



NBC News
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer confirms that President Trump will donate a month of his salary at the end of the year, and that it will be up to the White House Press Corps to decide which charity receives the money.
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[WePurrsevere]

1. Oh my gosh... stop the presses!...

Trump was LYING when he said he wouldn't take a salary if he won?
(Just in case it's not obvious. )

[redwitch]

2. There's a big, bold Breibart headline from 11/16 Saying he will only take $1.

OK, now I am seriously waiting for him to shoot somebody on 5th Avenue.

[dalton99a]

7. Indeed

It was all over the news.

[Initech]

9. So that would be what, 8 cents?

Don't spend it all in one place!

[Ms. Toad]

19. He's required by law to take $400.000 -

So to fulfil his promise to takd $1 in salary, he would need to donate $399,000. Presumably now he is pledging to donate $33,250.

Of course, he should add in the additional cost to keep the Mrs. in NYC and his weekly vacations to Mar-a-Lago before determining the value of 1/12 of it.

But my guess is he won't donate at all.

Pretty pitiful, considering President Obama - who didn't pledge not to take a salary - donated a little over 2 months' worth of salary to charity.

[Initech]

20. He doesn't strike me as the charitable type.

He might do it occasionally to boost his ego or pocket some extra money on the side, but that's about it!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. And keeping it for a year allows him to invest it and earn interest.

[world wide wally]

11. By the end of the year, everyone will forget about it

[putitinD]

4. will Trump still receive a salary when he gets to prison?

[enough]

5. The press should have nothing to do with this stunt. NT

[bettyellen]

8. It's yet another way he is making them complicit ...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Let me guess. The charity is.......(drumroll)........

.....the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

Those self-portraits aren't going to paint themselves, people.

[spanone]

10. one thing you can cay about trump....he is ALWAYS lying.

[lpbk2713]

12. To Casino Owners Anonymous.

And of course that charity has a 98% Administrative Overhead.

[Chiyo-chichi]

13. He thinks he's still on Celebrity Apprentice.

"Press Corps, you're the winning project manager and will receive $30,000. The Staples Corporation has asked me to announce that they will match that donation to your charity for a total of $60,000. Congratulations. The rest of you... get ready to report to the boardroom where someone will be fired."

[VOX]

14. What a guy. He'll keep the Satan in Santa.

Trump-chump change.

[GeorgeGist]

15. How poor is he?

Really.

[JI7]

17. he owes a lot to the russians

[WhiteTara]

18. $1.5Billion is what I understand

to be his indebtedness.

[MountCleaners]

16. Vanity Fair this month sez about Trump

...that people with money in NYC partly look down on Trump because he is relatively stingy and doesn't give enough to charity. All he has to do is donate a tiny amount and his supporters think he's doing something great.

Read the article, it's all about what a bad businessman he is.