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Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted
The level of incompetence in this office is staggering.
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The White House likes pointing out that Trump donates his salary to worthy government purposes. But this time it displayed his actual check, including the account and routing numbers. @anniekarni
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Trump’s Press Secretary Displays One of His Checks in a Little Too Much Detail
The $100,000 check was made out to a government agency. This time his account and routing numbers were clearly visible.
President Trump’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, did not appear to use a mock check as others have done.Credit...Pool photo by Andrew Harrer
By Annie Karni
May 22, 2020
WASHINGTON — It’s a feel-good story that President Trump’s press secretaries have relished over the years: the quarterly announcement of which government agency Mr. Trump has selected to be the lucky recipient of his salary, an easy way to show the president sticking to his 2016 campaign pledge to forgo his $400,000 salary and donate it.
In the past, the $100,000 check from Mr. Trump has been made out to the Small Business Administration initiative to help veteran entrepreneurs, to the Office of the Surgeon General to fight the opioid epidemic, and to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, among other places.
But on Friday, Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, did not just reveal that the president was sending his salary to the Department of Health and Human Services to help “support the efforts being undertaken to confront, contain and combat the coronavirus.”
She also displayed the president’s private bank account and routing numbers.
The $100,000 check she held up like a prop appeared to be a real check from Capital One, complete with the relevant details. An administration official said mock checks were never used in the briefing.
The $100,000 check was made out to a government agency. This time his account and routing numbers were clearly visible.
President Trump’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, did not appear to use a mock check as others have done.Credit...Pool photo by Andrew Harrer
By Annie Karni
May 22, 2020
WASHINGTON — It’s a feel-good story that President Trump’s press secretaries have relished over the years: the quarterly announcement of which government agency Mr. Trump has selected to be the lucky recipient of his salary, an easy way to show the president sticking to his 2016 campaign pledge to forgo his $400,000 salary and donate it.
In the past, the $100,000 check from Mr. Trump has been made out to the Small Business Administration initiative to help veteran entrepreneurs, to the Office of the Surgeon General to fight the opioid epidemic, and to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, among other places.
But on Friday, Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, did not just reveal that the president was sending his salary to the Department of Health and Human Services to help “support the efforts being undertaken to confront, contain and combat the coronavirus.”
She also displayed the president’s private bank account and routing numbers.
The $100,000 check she held up like a prop appeared to be a real check from Capital One, complete with the relevant details. An administration official said mock checks were never used in the briefing.
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