shmeards:

rocktopussy:

dimbosama:

fiddleabout:

shitrichcollegekidssay:

Them: Donald Trump is actually a really good guy for refusing to take the president’s 400K salary. See he’s really not in it for himself or the money!

Reality: Because Melania and Barron Trump will remain in Manhattan and Donald Trump himself will be staying at Trump Tower as much as possible during his presidency, one floor of Trump Tower may be converted into a round-the-clock command post for the Secret Service. This safety precaution will cost the government roughly $1.5 million per year and the money will be pocketed by Donald Trump’s own company. 

#this is not normal #you fucking nitwits#the president’s salary is to remind them#that they are a PUBLIC SERVANT#that they are paid to do a job not rule as king#that he’s doing this is spitting upon that very ideal#that is fucking baked into the concept of the presidency#you absolute fucking morons

It’s also literally something Hitler did.

“… it was clear that Hitler had little use for the modest salary of 45,000 Reichsmarks he earned as Reich Chancellor, or for the annual expense allowance of 18,000 Reichsmarks; early in his Chancellorship, therefore, he publicly renounced both salary and allowance in a propagandistic gesture designed to advertise the spirit of selfless dedication in which he ruled the country.” Richard Evans - The Third Reich in Power

That 1.5mil figure is PER DAY

actually, reading the article, it’ll be 1.5 million per year just to rent out the floor, and then an estimated cost of 1 million per day to protect him and his family between secret service and local law enforcement. i’m not sure what amount of that daily cost would go to trump towers

this is still skeezy as hell, and extremely selfish, and it’s a huge waste of taxpayer dollars, but i wanted to set the facts straight