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In reply to the discussion: White House Press Secretary Goofs Up, Broadcasts Trump's Banking Details [View all]LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)22. If it's a real check, and if it doesn't bounce...
it just goes into the Treasury, per CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/politics/trump-donates-salary-surgeon-general/index.html
Federal regulations prohibit agencies from accepting donated funds without congressional authorization. Unauthorized funds would instead be deposited into the Treasury Department's general fund.
So, despite all this grandstanding about helping to "combat the coronavirus", that money (if it actually makes it into the Treasury) could just as easily go toward a one-percenter's tax cut or toward a twelve hundredths of a percent of a new F-35.
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White House Press Secretary Goofs Up, Broadcasts Trump's Banking Details [View all]
Judi Lynn
May 2020
OP
"The level of incompetence in this office is staggering." From the New York Times:
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2020
#11
Oh, i'm pretty sure he's doing it. But like you said, he's getting a TON more.
oldsoftie
May 2020
#32
That asshat has probably made close to $1M on golf cart rentals to the Secret Service....
Bengus81
May 2020
#40
So, Trump did deposit his presidential salary check into his own account first?
Maribelle
May 2020
#24
Good point! He may cut a check every quarter, but does he actually send it? n/t
Chemisse
May 2020
#29
LOL..maybe not. One of those protest bitchers said Trump's CV pressers aren't on TV
Bengus81
May 2020
#39
Uh... I don't think you can just send a personal check to a government agency.
Beartracks
May 2020
#41