someone surely knows more but my understanding he must take a salary but has made it well know he intends to donate it to charity.
Have we heard anything official from him?
The drama queens on FB cant help but flip any negative comments - true or not. Surely same at church, clubs, work, school
I told the lady basically what you said, i.e., that he has to take the salary but would donate to charity. I guess that’s the story; she probably just didn’t hear “the REST of the story”, as Paul Harvey would say.
Article 2, Section 1, Clause 7, also known as the Compensation Clause - states the President must accept a fixed salary which can’t be changed, eliminated or refused during his time in office.
The purpose is to keep the President from being financially dependent on outside sources.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-donate-presidential-salary-235999
Answers your question for the woman at church.