Friday, November 18, 2016

The latest Trump craze is underway...

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.

I get the whole “there’s a law” blah blah blah, what he’s doing isn’t a new thing. Obama didn’t even accept his whole salary either, I personally just don’t see an issue like other people are making this out to be. I guess it’s just because he’s Trump or something I don’t know but it’s getting old, like real old real fast. 

2 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. The Kennedy family had a net worth of about a billion. However, JFK died before he inherited.

    "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.

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