Trump announced on 60 minutes that he was planning on
forgoing his presidential salary and for some reason people are having a conniption.
There have been other past presidents whom have forgone their salary and given
it charities or their staff.
For example, John F. Kennedy and Herbert Hoover. JFK had a net
worth of about 1
billion, Hoover had a net worth of about 4
million and our new president-elect has a net worth of about 3.7 billion.
I don’t know about anyone else but the message that Trump is
sending me (reminder, I do not support him) is that he is truly a public
servant. Isn’t that role of all congress members AND the executive chief? We elect
these people to serve us if you really break it down. By Trump not accepting
his salary means to me that he didn’t run for president for the pay. For
goodness sakes the man makes almost 4 billion dollars! I would feel some type
of way if a man that has that much money takes chump change (compared to the
money he has) just because. That would show me that he is greedy and if you
asked me he played it smart by not accepting the pay.
Like you said the dude already has so much money i would be disappointed if he didn't decline the salary. With all the money he saved by not paying taxes he is probably the richest president we have ever seen. Its not news that he didn't accept it and frankly i think people are just trying to make him seem better than he actually is.
ReplyDeleteThe Kennedy family had a net worth of about a billion. However, JFK died before he inherited.
ReplyDelete"By Trump not accepting his salary means to me that he didn’t run for president for the pay."
Either that, or he realizes that $400,000 is chump change.
"the man makes almost 4 billion dollars"
Doubtful. But since he never made public his tax returns, we'll never know for sure.
" it’s getting old, like real old real fast. "
I don't understand what you're trying to say.