- Donald Trump promised to give up his presidential salary during his tenure.
- The Washington Post could not state his salary for the last six months.
- Trump was not praised for donating income, which made him more and more painful.
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According to reports, it is not clear what Donald Trump has done with his last six months in office, and he promised to donate those salaries. Washington post.
During his tenure, Donald Trump promised to donate all his $400,000 (5.8 million rand) annual presidential salary. During his first three and a half years as president, he donated the money to federal agencies.
The Washington Post stated that it investigated all major federal agencies and no one reported receiving anything after receiving a gift from Trump in July 2020.
The newspaper stated that it could not explain the last $220,000 (3.2 million rand) of his salary. During the 2015 campaign, Donald Trump stated that if elected, he would not accept the president’s salary. The constitution does not allow the president to give up his salary, so Trump chose to donate his income to federal agencies.
During his tenure, he donated US$100,000 (1.4 million rand) to federal departments such as the Department of Veterans and the Department of Health and Human Services every quarter.
According to government documents, the last known gift he was given was to the National Park Service on July 23, 2020.
Washington Post reporter David Fallenhold said that Trump has not been praised for donating his salary, which makes him more and more painful.
In Trump’s public comments on this promise, you can see that he is increasingly dissatisfied with it-complaining that no one believes him.
Then, in 2020, the White House stopped announcing any donations. https://t.co/E4WcN30dL3 -David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) July 30, 2021
in a Arizona campaign rally In October 2020, Trump said: “I am the only president who does not accept a salary, which surprised me. This is 450,000 U.S. dollars (6.6 million rand). The only reason I mention it is that they Never talk about it.”
Trump often claims that no other president has rejected their salary, which is untrue. Both Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy did the same thing.
Trump also got his salary wrong. The President receives 400,000 U.S. dollars each year. Despite donating his salary, Trump continued to make money from his various businesses during his tenure. According to a review, Trump made 1.6 billion US dollars (23.4 billion rand) During his presidency, this meant that his donated salary accounted for 0.1% of his income.
The Washington Post clarified that their inability to calculate his salary for the last six months does not mean that he has absolutely no donations. However, the lack of confirmation is unusual, which is significantly different from the first three and a half years of his appointment.
The newspaper said it also asked Trump’s company and former lawyers who helped arrange donations for the money, but neither of them responded.
Trump continues to receive more than $220,000 in presidential pensions each year.
