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HomerJS

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pcgeek11 said:
Where did Trump lie about donating his Presidential salary to charity? The truth is you have no idea what he did one way or the other. Those are the facts regardless of what you claim.
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No one has said he lied about donating his salary, yet. This guy already has a history of lying about charitable donations. Put that with his mountain of everyday lying the people require proof.
 
Thump553

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pcgeek11 said:
Where did Trump lie about donating his Presidential salary to charity? The truth is you have no idea what he did one way or the other. Those are the facts regardless of what you claim.
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As I said a few posts above yours, Trump NEVER said his was going to donate his salary, he expressly and clearly stated he was not going to accept it. There is a big difference. If Trump didn't accept his salary he'd save the Treasury $400,000 a year. If he accepts it and later donates it to charity, he cost the Treasury $400,000 plus roughly another $157,000 in reduced taxes because he can take the donation as a deduction. So in one scenario, he saves the US $400,000, in the other he costs it approximately $550,000 a year-almost a million dollar swing.

This whole donation versus not accepting salary is a recent invention of Trump apologists, much as they are attempting to recast his wiretapping tweek as one dealing with surveillance in general.

Precision in speech and thoughts is essential at that stage of government.
 
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brandonbull

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PokerGuy said:
I'm making an observation. Actually, agreeing with an observation others have made. You silly lefties don't even realize that by raging over every little thing you are actually inoculating Trump against future criticism. Nobody will care when you start raging about something legitimate in the future because you've been raging about all this BS the whole time.

But hey, rage on! :D
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You would think the way Trump was able to manipulate the media and his pundits during the election they would learn. What if the guy and the people surrounding him are not complete morons and are having fun trolling the anti-Trump crowd? Trump and the people surrounding him typically don't get to where they are by accident. I'm not saying they are awesome but manipulating people is probably not a foreign concept to them. They do say some dumb things but other statements are taking literally and turned into a big deal because people are wanting to be obtuse, grammer, Nazi douches. After a while, people are going to get burnout from the overdose of "obtuse douche rage" that is throat gagging people 24x7. Even if him and his team are complete morons, people are getting tired of the 24x7 throat gagging on the "obtuse douche rage". The guy said he had 306 EC votes, it was 304 and that became a bigly deal. Pick your battle when to rage.
 
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Thump553 said:
This whole donation versus not accepting salary is a recent invention of Trump apologists, much as they are attempting to recast his wiretapping tweek as one dealing with surveillance in general.

Precision in speech and thoughts is essential at that stage of government.
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What is the general thought when people put terms in quotes? You wouldn't take that as a colloquial use for surveillance or eavesdropping? Do you think Trump's tweets are meant to resonate with his base supporters?
 
pcgeek11

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Thump553 said:
As I said a few posts above yours, Trump NEVER said his was going to donate his salary, he expressly and clearly stated he was not going to accept it. There is a big difference. If Trump didn't accept his salary he'd save the Treasury $400,000 a year. If he accepts it and later donates it to charity, he cost the Treasury $400,000 plus roughly another $157,000 in reduced taxes because he can take the donation as a deduction. So in one scenario, he saves the US $400,000, in the other he costs it approximately $550,000 a year-almost a million dollar swing.

This whole donation versus not accepting salary is a recent invention of Trump apologists, much as they are attempting to recast his wiretapping tweek as one dealing with surveillance in general.

Precision in speech and thoughts is essential at that stage of government.
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I'm pretty sure the law says we have to pay the President.

The President shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected compensation in the aggregate amount of $400,000 a year, to be paid monthly, and in addition an expense allowance of $50,000 to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties. Any unused amount of such expense allowance shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code. No amount of such expense allowance shall be included in the gross income of the President. He shall be entitled also to the use of the furniture and other effects belonging to the United States and kept in the Executive Residence at the White House.

Now what he does with it is his business.

Monday Spicer said: "the president's intention right now is to donate his salary at the end of the year."

Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...ry-will-be-donated-end-year-says-sean-n732931

I guess you all will have to wait until the end of the year to get all butt hurt about it.
 
ivwshane

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brandonbull said:
What is the general thought when people put terms in quotes? You wouldn't take that as a colloquial use for surveillance or eavesdropping? Do you think Trump's tweets are meant to resonate with his base supporters?
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Spin this you fucking ignorant trump fluffer.

I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!
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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...es-obama-of-wire-tapping-provides-no-evidence
 
Thump553

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pcgeek11 said:
I'm pretty sure the law says we have to pay the President.

The President shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected compensation in the aggregate amount of $400,000 a year, to be paid monthly, and in addition an expense allowance of $50,000 to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties. Any unused amount of such expense allowance shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code. No amount of such expense allowance shall be included in the gross income of the President. He shall be entitled also to the use of the furniture and other effects belonging to the United States and kept in the Executive Residence at the White House.

Now what he does with it is his business.

Monday Spicer said: "the president's intention right now is to donate his salary at the end of the year."

Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...ry-will-be-donated-end-year-says-sean-n732931

I guess you all will have to wait until the end of the year to get all butt hurt about it.
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The law says the USA has to pay. It does not say Trump has to accept it. When Trump spoke he didn't say anything about donating his income at the end of the year, he expressly and clearly said he wasn't going to accept it.

It may seem like a small thing-but I already pointed out the difference is a cost of over $3,000,000 to the Treasury (assuming Trump lasts four years). And I'm not butt hurt about it, just pointing out the guy is a liar-yet again. He lies on little things, big things, just about anything. Not the sort of person I'd trust to be the treasurer of the local PTA, much less the President of the USA. He lacks the moral fiber and character necessary for the job-regardless of what you think of his stated policies.
 
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brandonbull said:
You would think the way Trump was able to manipulate the media and his pundits during the election they would learn. What if the guy and the people surrounding him are not complete morons and are having fun trolling the anti-Trump crowd? Trump and the people surrounding him typically don't get to where they are by accident. I'm not saying they are awesome but manipulating people is probably not a foreign concept to them. They do say some dumb things but other statements are taking literally and turned into a big deal because people are wanting to be obtuse, grammer, Nazi douches. After a while, people are going to get burnout from the overdose of "obtuse douche rage" that is throat gagging people 24x7. Even if him and his team are complete morons, people are getting tired of the 24x7 throat gagging on the "obtuse douche rage". The guy said he had 306 EC votes, it was 304 and that became a bigly deal. Pick your battle when to rage.
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PokerGuy said:
I'm making an observation. Actually, agreeing with an observation others have made. You silly lefties don't even realize that by raging over every little thing you are actually inoculating Trump against future criticism. Nobody will care when you start raging about something legitimate in the future because you've been raging about all this BS the whole time.

But hey, rage on! :D
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Haha, complete degenerates brown-nosing the boss. You libtards don't get it, he's so smart to lie all the time to make everyone numb to it. In all fairness it rather fits the conservative character.
 
pcgeek11

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I personally don't care what he does with it. At the end of his first year I will revisit my feelings about if he lied or not.
 
jackstar7

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brandonbull said:
Well played, sir. Quote someone, one sentence of liberal rage rant, and then a link to an article. I'm surprised you didn't send me a link of someone else calling me a "fucking ignorant trump fluffer" to complete your triumvirate of unoriginal work.
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Zero denial here.
 
Humpy

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LOL Anyone with a heart would donate to the government. It's a great charity.
 
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agent00f

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HomerJS

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Once we see a receipt then its a closed issue. We all know this guy lies more then he tells the truth.

Fact check please.
 
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agent00f

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pcgeek11 said:
Now the liberals will be in here complaining about who he should have donated it to.
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80k squeezed from a supposed billionaire under pressure illustrates just how easy his followers are to buy off. In fact they'd accept some quarters to the bum outside trump tower as evidence of dear leader's generosity.
 
jackstar7

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Luckily he's cutting millions from that dept's budget, so his 80k will really have impact.
 
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