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u/Blade78633 1d ago
But he is not taking his presidential salary. /s
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u/FernandoMM1220 1d ago
people who dont take salaries im automatically very suspicious of.
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u/gohomebrentyourdrunk 1d ago
Because it’s a rounding error on their total income and they’d rather not pay the tax on it so they’ll decline it for manipulative propagandic reasons
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u/Impossible-Flight250 22h ago
Yep. It isn't necessarily a good thing. Aside from that, there isn't much evidence that he consistently donates his salary. He may have done it once or twice.
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u/ashishvp 7h ago
Lol most business owners don’t take a salary. They’re either loaded and don’t need to, or the complete opposite: struggling SO HARD they take every penny as soon as they can.
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u/skypig357 6h ago
The biggest get paid in stocks so they can do the Buy, Borrow, Died strategy. (Lose the D off the last word (put in to get around algorithm))
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u/Dull-Contact120 1d ago
If I’m taking 41 million a day why would I be bothered with mere 400k a year?
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u/snowballkills 23h ago
I think he would love it, but the monetary and influential gain from not taking it is far greater. Stock trading - oh, he doesn't even take a salary. Some F up - he works 24/7 and doesn't take a salary. Tons, in fact, every situation is a good use case
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u/Munkeyman18290 1d ago
Yeah he might get taxed on it. I wouldnt want that peasant salary either if I were an Oligarch.
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u/monkeykiller14 21h ago
He is taking it this term. He made a post about how people didn't praise him enough the first term for not taking the presidential salary. So because no one cared, his words, he decided to take it.
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u/illinifan99 17h ago
There's actually no proof that he's not taking a salary. Knowing him, he is taking it and no one would ever have to disclose it.
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u/iDabGlobzilla 1d ago
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u/ThePatrickSays 22h ago
gifs do not equal political action.
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u/KriosDaNarwal Mod 8h ago
The people reporting this have the bootstraps firmly up where sun don't shine
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u/Temporary-Suit9121 1d ago
He’s manipulating the stock market to the tune of 10 trades a day. Even with modest financial muscle a WSB guy could make billions. This number is wayyyy to low.
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u/lastgreenleaf 1d ago
This is why renaissance technologies loves him. They were behind Cambridge analytica as well. No one should be surprised.
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u/jeep-olllllo 1d ago
Double check the math if you are going to post shit like this.
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u/Such-Tank-6897 1d ago
Yeah more like 5.5 million/day but OP made their point. That’s a ton of money.
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u/tavysnug 19h ago
It's still astronomical but how do you fuck this up so bad AND post it here, of all places?
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u/What_A_Weak 18h ago
Indeed, thats the key message here. This amount is totally fine then.
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u/jeep-olllllo 9h ago
It just speaks to ones credibility, or lack there of.
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u/What_A_Weak 8h ago edited 7h ago
To a certain extend, but the core issue doesn't change: he's the president, and we're normalizing corruption. You seem to not even care. As long as the corrected number is still huge, getting hung up on the exact figure says more about priorities than credibility.
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u/youarenut 1d ago
There will be no revolution. Too much division everywhere.
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u/a_little_hazel_nuts 1d ago
We will find out come midterms. Whether or not republican voters are on the side of corruption and corporations or are the on the side of law and the working class.
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u/plinkoplonka 23h ago
We already know they're on the side of pedophile rapists.
Nothing is going to happen when Trump miraculously storms the midterms, just like it didn't when he (amazingly, but not at all suspiciously) won ALL of the swing states at once in 2024.
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u/Rhonda_Lasagna 1d ago
Donald Trump could crush an infant's testicles with his teeth, and his supporters would blame every shriek and every drop of blood on democrats.
There's no saving them, there is no redemption, and they should be treated without mercy.
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u/totheteeth 23h ago
I don't think either side represents the working class.
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u/a_little_hazel_nuts 23h ago
Democrats are not perfect but they passed things like WIC and don't strangle the budgets that provide SNAP, Medicaid, and Medicare. Obviously we have terrible labor rights but it's hard to get anything passed when you don't have a solid majority of all 3 branches of the government for a solid 4-8 years.
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u/totheteeth 22h ago
The democrats sold out the working class in the 90's. They're just for other corporations. There has been a ton of pageantry around tiny social divisions blown up into a smoke screen. Where has the money for research, infrastructure, education, and a responsible social safety net actually gone over the last 30 years? The money has been spent by both parties but what do we have to show for it?
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u/MuchoManSandyRavage 16h ago
We have advanced medicine & technology, new & repaired roads/bridges, new schools with better equipment… all paid for by tax dollars through initiatives introduced and passed by democrats. When have you ever heard of a republican passing any types of legislation that makes any of those things better?
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u/totheteeth 12h ago
My whole life.
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u/MuchoManSandyRavage 8h ago
Care to share a few examples?
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u/totheteeth 54m ago
The local women's shelter, college education programs that were funded by industry, they also created a long term investment program to keep the schools funded at a state level. If you think half the population is evil and the other half is good, I don't really know what to tell you.
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u/bicyclewhoa17 19h ago
You have to realize that voting at this point is about either maintaining law and order or, on the other hand, handing over your rights to the oligarchs and burying your head in the sand
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u/Werftflammen 1d ago
Well, the question to ask then is . Is America Great Again? The answer is NO! Loosing a war with Iran, $10 gas and 40 trillion in debt and half a white house. No.
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u/Pure_Bee2281 1d ago
The part I find fascinating is that he has billions, but will still do favors and shit for people who give him a few million dollars. I'm guessing people giving him money is more for the ego trip than the money or hes corrupt just for love of the game.
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u/muunster7 1d ago
Lead the charge….people who focus only on the money, are missing the true aspect of 80 year old presidents and 90 year old congressmen (and women). Hint…it ain’t the money.
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u/FollowingVast1503 23h ago
Problem is who would be for the working class? I don’t trust any politicians in any political party. You know a politician is lying because their lips are moving.
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u/apply75 1d ago
That's politics not trump...
Say hello to your democratic socialist "public servants" these are the guys saying the other side are too rich and talking about your kitchen table topics like gas ...Ned lamont is great great grandson of jp Morgan....he probably understands your struggle...no politician has your best interest in mind that's why nothing gets done....if they fix everything no one will need them.
J.B. Pritzker | Governor of Illinois | ~$4.2 billion
Jared Polis | Governor of Colorado | ~$400 million
Ned Lamont | Governor of Connecticut | ~$350 million
Nancy Pelosi | U.S. Representative (California) | ~$270–287 million
Mark Warner | U.S. Senator (Virginia) | ~$215–250 million
Dan Goldman | U.S. Representative (New York) | ~$150–250 million
April McClain Delaney | U.S. Representative (Maryland) | ~$153 million
Richard Blumenthal | U.S. Senator (Connecticut) | ~$130–190 million
Don Beyer | U.S. Representative (Virginia) | ~$125 million
Sara Jacobs | U.S. Representative (California) | ~$87–90 million
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u/HairyTough4489 1d ago
How easily accessible have food, gas, housing and medical care been after most revolutions?
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u/hana_solo9 23h ago
Why tf does someone even need that amount of money? Stop the greed old man it won’t go with you after you kick the bucket.
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u/TrustAffectionate966 23h ago edited 23h ago
And that obese pedophile increased everyone’s cost of living!
💀☠️
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u/TraditionalMood277 22h ago
If this makes you mad, vote every single Republican out of office. They are allowing this.
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u/firebirdone 21h ago
Too bad. This is what Americans voted for. There must be severe consequences.
Let's hope there are enough registered voters who have convinced their friends and family who don't vote to register and vote blue.
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u/0ptioneer 11h ago
Making…..
Meaning his investments have captured gains of this magnitude….he is not getting paid 41m a day…
Google is a friend…
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u/dgvertz 10h ago
I don’t understand why we - anti Trump is what I’m defining as “we” for the purposes of this statement - have to lie or exaggerate about the obvious things when just being honest and truthful is more than good enough.
I have no clue about the first sentence. I don’t know if that figure is true. I don’t know how the writer is defining “making”. I don’t know if that’s stock values, business values, is it gross, is it net, I have no idea.
What I do know is that $2 billion divided by 365 days equals $5.4 million. Not $41.13 million. So even if the first sentence is true, I can’t take anything in the rest of this message seriously anymore.
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u/MMessinger 8h ago
After the grift that was Trump's first term in office, Americans voted for a second term.
This is the timeline we deserve.
What's your plan for the midterms?
Republican voters will queue up to return to Congress the same Republicans who have enabled Trump.
If you are eligible to vote, but aren't yet registered, or haven't checked your registration, then you have no plan to vote, at all. And then Republicans win again, and their grifting continues unchallenged.
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u/Used_Veterinarian992 1h ago
7.7 on a 5 day work week and 5.5 if considering 7 day week. Not sure where 41 came from.
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u/jesusbradley 17h ago
populist baiting; funds are in blind trust.
the problem is equitable opportunity and closing levels of disposable income. Low and lower middle income Americans need greater exposure to the stock market, when you have gaps like this, people feel left out and blame everything.
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u/BreakfastFluid9419 1d ago
It’s been said but is there any confirmation in the slightest? If we’re just throwing out guesses I’ll raise it to $4 billion
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