Trump donated his entire salary will Joe ? (ethic, legal, income)
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Mind you, I'm completely fine with that. This is a privilege (or a courtesy?) provided to previous heads of state and their families. I don't like Trump, I don't like how he handled the Presidency nor how he was too low-class to follow tradition that every President since the 1870s has managed to do... but, with that said, I'm still fine with SS protection for them.
But don't go with this holier than thou thing of "Trump didn't take a salary" - sure, but he cashed in on his benefits many times over the value of his salary.
The problem is that he ran it from the oval office, really never divested.
Trump the great businessman is so tiresome, I thought he would at least get infrastructure done instead he pumped the money into corporations. His entire empire of golf courses and hotels is nothing but a shell game that seems to be in serious trouble, we will see. I'm not sure he can resurrect another season of The Apprentice to save the day, just imagine Jeff Bezos doing a reality show or selling steaks and people still claiming he is some sort of astute business man.
Trump said he would release his tax returns in 2016 when his audit was complete, still waiting but keep on believing the lie. But don't worry the NYC District Attorney has them.
"really never divested." You make the claim, you back it up.
"Trump the great businessman is so tiresome"
So, taking a few million and turning it into BILLIONS, is too much for you to take and tire you out.
"I thought he would at least get infrastructure done" I though you were smarter then this.
ALL spending bills ORIGINATE in the HOUSE. pelosi and the DEMS control the house. Have you EVER complained to and about pelosi and the dems NOT introducing an "infrastructure" bill?
I'm pretty sure I have asked you this before, exactly what "infrastructure" are you referring to?
Be specific.
"seems to be in serious trouble," if, maybe, could, etc.,etc, etc., is all we have heard for over 4 years.
Maybe they are, maybe it is because he HAS recused himself, which you deny, and is NOT running his empire.
Biden is historically a tightwad when it comes to charitable donations.
From 1998 to 2008, he and his wife donated a total of $3,690 in charitable donations, or 0.2% of their income. That makes it an average of $369 a year.
While it is unclear which organizations the Bidens gave most of that money to, their 2008 tax returns do show one donation: clothing worth $550, given to Goodwill.
Based on available tax returns from 1998 to 2019, the Bidens have given a total of $1.4 million to charitable causes. But it wasn't until he started raking in the millions that they started to give more generously.
In 2017 they gave 9% of their income to charity. In the breakdown, you see that they gave $100,000 to the Joseph Biden Foundation. Not exactly selfless.
One year, in which he made over $11 million dollars, cannot make up for the dismal record of giving during his entire career.
Huh, interesting. So what do Trump’s tax returns show as far as charitable donations?
Do you think Joe will donate his salary like Trump did...nope he is too greedy. I dont think our Presidents should get a salary. It should be a privilege to be President.
How do you expect them to pay the mortgage on their homes? Living in the White House does not exclude you from personal expenses not part of the government.
I don't think exact numbers are available. But I don't think Obama's had resort property to funnel money from government agencies into Obama family owned businesses.
Since the number of protected trips is much higher under the Trump administration I think it is logical assumption that so have the costs.
Then there is the fact that on the last days of Trump's presidency he extended Secret Service protections to his family members... that isn't going to be cheap.
Pretty sure this has already been asked and answered in this thread....
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Originally Posted by hooligan
Yes, really.
Judicial Watch announced today that it has received new documents from both the Secret Service and the Air Force relating to Obama travel expenses, bringing the known total over the past eight years to $96,938,882.51...
...From a combination of an analysis from the HuffPost, the GAO or General Accounting Office, Politico and the Washington Post using costs from both Obama and Trump golf trips the estimated cost of Trump’s visits so far come to a range of $105 to $108 million...
FYI, the "so far" in the above quote from Forbes was July 2019. He's golfed 98 more times since then, so you can add another $30-40M to that $105M figure, and that doesn't count non-golf trips, or the trips made by his family. I think the estimated cost for Melania and Barron staying in Trump Tower for the first 90 days of Trump's term was another ~$30M.
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