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Why Donald Trump Needs to Take a Salary (criticized for not taking salary)
Politico ^
| 11/15/2016
| Bob Goodman
Posted on 11/15/2016 5:57:18 PM PST by GilGil
In his first interview as president-elect, Donald Trump pledged that he will accept as little of the presidential salary as he can get away with. I think I have to by law take $1, so Ill take $1 a year, he told CBSs Leslie Stahl. $400,000 youre giving up, she responded, as if this were some sort of public-spirited sacrifice.
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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016; president; salary; trump
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The people in the MSM are mentally ill. According to them Trump is not sacrificing anything by not being paid as President. He is sacrificing if he is getting paid.
The MSM is a reflection of the democrat leadership and they are both comppletely removed from anything real.The MSM has learned nothing by being all wrong about Trump winning the presidency and I am predicting right here and now that Trump will win in the mid term elections in 2 years by even greater margins than he did in this elections.
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posted on
11/15/2016 5:57:18 PM PST
by
GilGil
To: GilGil
LOL.
It doesn’t matter what he does now. He could be making mana from heaven and feeding the homeless and they’ll find a reason it’s bad.
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:00:13 PM PST
by
CommieCutter
("Trump is god emperor and he will win." -- some hacker or possibly fake hacker)
To: GilGil
I wish he would have taken the salary and said he was donating it to some veterans group or some other good cause.
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:00:15 PM PST
by
boycott
(S)
To: GilGil
If it had iLLary the MSM would have been swooning in admiration.
To: GilGil
$4000,000?
ChumpTrump Change
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:01:19 PM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: GilGil
They would have criticized him if he HAD taken the salary. Damned if he did and damned if he did not.
The MSM is a mental disorder.
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:02:59 PM PST
by
madison10
To: GilGil
....guess they would flip their tofu cakes if he donated the salary to the NRA
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:03:22 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: GilGil
Next thing you know, they will criticize him for killing the golf industry for his stance against vacations
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:03:55 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
To: GilGil
Stahl got Schlonged! A total mismatch.
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:04:16 PM PST
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: GilGil
Wow, even for Politico this is pathetic.
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:04:28 PM PST
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: GilGil
take the $400k and donate it to a veterans charity
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:07:43 PM PST
by
RummyChick
(Trump Train Hobo TM Rummychick. Example - Ryan Romney Kasich. Quit trying to Jump on the Train)
To: GilGil
I predict 50% black vote for trump when he wins his next term!
I won $1400 in bets this election so I think I’m right!
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:08:17 PM PST
by
bigtoona
(The media, GOPe, dems, commie Pope, hate Trump. He is the destroyerttk we've been waiting for!)
To: GilGil
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:09:53 PM PST
by
4Liberty
(DEMOCRATS- Exporting Jobs, Importing Votes.)
To: GilGil
It is a GREAT move. Brilliant.
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:10:09 PM PST
by
RedStateRocker
(Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
To: GilGil
He’s a Republican (OR Should I Say, “NOT A Democrat”!) and that means the MSM Will Hate Him No matter what!
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:10:29 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: CommieCutter
Really the would be complaining about the fishermen he put out of work if he fed 5,000 with a few sardines...
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:11:41 PM PST
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: GilGil
I agree he should take the salary. He should have asked Leslie, “I’d never ask you to work for nothing, why should I?” It would be better to take the salary and donate blocks, including part to vets and part to crisis pregnancy centers.
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:13:27 PM PST
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: GilGil
Consider it paying taxes he’s been criticized, wrongly, for allegedly not paying.
He’ll pay a 100% tax rate on his salary as President.
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:15:09 PM PST
by
ctdonath2
("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
To: GilGil
No mention of other Presidents who did not take a salary such as John F Kennedy. What an absolutely worthless article.
To: GilGil
Here would be a good reply: “$1.00 per year is plenty. You’re
not getting more than that are you?”
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posted on
11/15/2016 6:16:59 PM PST
by
Mark
(Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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