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That's how much Donald Trump earns as President of the United States

2020-08-21T11:55:25.671Z


Donald Trump's salary as president should seem like change to him next to his real estate billions. But how much does he actually earn as a POTUS?


Donald Trump's salary as president should seem like change to him next to his real estate billions. But how much does he actually earn as a POTUS?

  • Donald Trump has a fortune running into billions.
  • His salary as US president is only a fraction of that.
  • Trump therefore donates his salary to various institutions.

Donald Trump * has been the President of the United States of America since January 17, 2017. Like none of his predecessors, he polarizes. Thanks to his hotels, casinos and other real estate, Trump has assets running into billions. For the real estate mogul, the salary as president doesn't really matter. During the presidential election campaign, he announced that he would forego his salary should he be elected. Many saw this announcement as a further instrument of the staging. But what is his salary as president?

Donald Trump deserves that as President

The annual salary for the office of POTUS is fixed. This means that every incumbent president of the USA receives the same salary. This is $ 400,000  and is paid quarterly. Compared to the billions of US dollars that Trump * can already show in his accounts, that is relatively little.

For him, the salary is therefore ideally suited to investing in his own image. Trump kept the campaign promise. He donates the US $ 100,000 he receives every quarter to various institutions. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said on Twitter that this time his paycheck had been donated to the Department of Health to help contain the coronavirus *.

President @realDonaldTrump made a commitment to donate his salary while in office. Honoring that promise and to further protect the American people, he is donating his 2019 Q4 salary to @HHSGov to support the efforts being undertaken to confront, contain, and combat #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/R6KUQmBRl1

- Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec) March 3, 2020

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Trump's fortune shrinks by one billion US dollars due to the corona crisis

The donation came after Trump had repeatedly played down the spread of the dangerous virus in the months before. The US is now the most severely affected by the infections *. The coronavirus is also affecting Trump's wealth as his businesses suffer. According to Forbes, this has fallen by a whopping $ 1 billion and is now around $ 2 billion. At the time of his candidacy for president, Trump still had a fortune of over eight billion US dollars.

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* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.

Source: merkur

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