Donald Trump to Refuse Presidential Salary Again: ‘I Didn’t’ Accept It Before, ‘and I’m Not Going to’ This Time, EitherHannah Knudsen 9 Dec 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is refusing to accept the presidential salary again — just as he did in his first term — he told NBC’S Kristen Welker.
When asked if he was planning to take the presidential salary, Trump said, “I’m not going to accept a salary, no.”
“I’m giving up a lot of money. You know? You know, it amazed me that, and maybe this isn’t right, but other than George Washington — and they’re not sure about that — every President has accepted their salary, except me,” Trump said.
Welker then asked if Trump accepted the pension, to which the President-elect said, “I don’t think I accepted anything.”
“The President gets about $450,000 a year, and I didn’t take it,” he said, adding, “By the way, I got no credit for that. That’s ok.”
“Well, I am asking you about it for that reason, and I think it’s notable, you’re not going to accept a salary,” Welker responded.
“I didn’t, and I’m not going to, and I don’t believe I got any credit for that, but I just feel — it’s, for me, it’s a nice thing to do,” Trump said, expressing surprise that other presidents have not done that.
“I was surprised, not one president has done that. I would have assumed Roosevelt would not accept the salary or Kennedy — you know, the Kennedy family is rich,” he added.
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