45th President of the United States, Donald Trump. (Vol 6)
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From the BBC ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-4687338... ) :
"When asked to name his own favourite fast food by a reporter, Mr Trump said that he liked them all.
"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he replied."
Pizza, that well known American dish.
"When asked to name his own favourite fast food by a reporter, Mr Trump said that he liked them all.
"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he replied."
Pizza, that well known American dish.
Europa1 said:
From the BBC ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-4687338... ) :
"When asked to name his own favourite fast food by a reporter, Mr Trump said that he liked them all.
"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he replied."
Pizza, that well known American dish.
In fairness, the kind of pizza you get in America is wildly different from the kind of pizza you get in Italy"When asked to name his own favourite fast food by a reporter, Mr Trump said that he liked them all.
"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he replied."
Pizza, that well known American dish.
TTmonkey said:
If trump donates all his salary to charity, does this mean he avoids paying taxes on it? I think that's why Obama paid an odd percentage to charity, as the rest was collected in taxes?
Bearing in mind that Obama didn't have the same means of income as trump.According to Forbes, President Obama donated some $1.1 million (an amount representing 34% of the $3.2 million aggregate salary he received over eight years in office) to charitable causes during his term in office. This is a partial accounting of those donations:
The biggest recipient was the Fisher House Foundation, which supports families of veterans and received $392,000 from the former commander in chief from 2009 to 2015. That money appears to have come from sales of Obama’s children’s book Of Thee I Sing. Just before entering the White House, Obama finished a manuscript for the book, which he published with Random House. Obama pledged to donate all of his post-tax proceeds from the book to the Fisher House Foundation to support a scholarship fund for children of wounded and fallen soldiers.
He gave away $190,000 more to children’s causes, including $48,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs. He also gave away $19,500 to the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit. Another $13,500 went to the Christopher House, a Chicago-based group that supports poor working families. Even after he moved to Washington, Obama remained loyal to his Chicago roots. He poured $11,500 into the Midtown Educational Foundation, which offers enrichment programs to poor urban youth in the Windy City, and he gave $20,500 to two groups fighting hunger in Illinois.
President Obama handed out his own money after national tragedies. He gave $2,000 to a fund for families affected by the Boston bombing in 2013 and another $2,000 to the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation, which promotes gun control, three years after a shooter terrorized Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.
Obama gave $5,000 to the Beau Biden Foundation, which supports children’s causes, in 2015, the same year former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Beau, passed away.
President Obama also more than doubled that charitable total by also donating the entire $1.4 million he received as the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to ten different organizations:
– $250,000 to Fisher House, a national nonprofit organization providing accommodation for families of patients receiving medical care at military and Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
– $200,000 to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, which was set up in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake to help survivors.
– $125,000 to College Summit, a national nonprofit organization to increase college enrollment rates.
– $125,000 to the Posse Foundation, which awards scholarships to promising public high school students.
– $125,000 to the United Negro College Fund.
– $125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
_ $125,000 to the American Indian College Fund.
– $125,000 to the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation.
– $100,000 to AfriCare, which promotes health, food security and access to water primarily in Africa.
– $100,000 to the Central Asia Institute, which promotes education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Taken together, all those donations represented more than 78% of the total salary President Obama was paid during his time in the White House.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-obama-sala...
AND
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/02/...
Europa1 said:
From the BBC ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-4687338... ) :
"When asked to name his own favourite fast food by a reporter, Mr Trump said that he liked them all.
"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he replied."
Pizza, that well known American dish.
Think your argument sucks. Its a country that didn't exist 600 years ago, and was built on the immigration of peoples from all over the world, importing their culture and food preferences."When asked to name his own favourite fast food by a reporter, Mr Trump said that he liked them all.
"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he replied."
Pizza, that well known American dish.
Pizza is just as American as any other fast food.
Byker28i said:
TTmonkey said:
If trump donates all his salary to charity, does this mean he avoids paying taxes on it? I think that's why Obama paid an odd percentage to charity, as the rest was collected in taxes?
Bearing in mind that Obama didn't have the same means of income as trump.According to Forbes, President Obama donated some $1.1 million (an amount representing 34% of the $3.2 million aggregate salary he received over eight years in office) to charitable causes during his term in office. This is a partial accounting of those donations:
The biggest recipient was the Fisher House Foundation, which supports families of veterans and received $392,000 from the former commander in chief from 2009 to 2015. That money appears to have come from sales of Obama’s children’s book Of Thee I Sing. Just before entering the White House, Obama finished a manuscript for the book, which he published with Random House. Obama pledged to donate all of his post-tax proceeds from the book to the Fisher House Foundation to support a scholarship fund for children of wounded and fallen soldiers.
He gave away $190,000 more to children’s causes, including $48,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs. He also gave away $19,500 to the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit. Another $13,500 went to the Christopher House, a Chicago-based group that supports poor working families. Even after he moved to Washington, Obama remained loyal to his Chicago roots. He poured $11,500 into the Midtown Educational Foundation, which offers enrichment programs to poor urban youth in the Windy City, and he gave $20,500 to two groups fighting hunger in Illinois.
President Obama handed out his own money after national tragedies. He gave $2,000 to a fund for families affected by the Boston bombing in 2013 and another $2,000 to the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation, which promotes gun control, three years after a shooter terrorized Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.
Obama gave $5,000 to the Beau Biden Foundation, which supports children’s causes, in 2015, the same year former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Beau, passed away.
President Obama also more than doubled that charitable total by also donating the entire $1.4 million he received as the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to ten different organizations:
– $250,000 to Fisher House, a national nonprofit organization providing accommodation for families of patients receiving medical care at military and Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
– $200,000 to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, which was set up in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake to help survivors.
– $125,000 to College Summit, a national nonprofit organization to increase college enrollment rates.
– $125,000 to the Posse Foundation, which awards scholarships to promising public high school students.
– $125,000 to the United Negro College Fund.
– $125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
_ $125,000 to the American Indian College Fund.
– $125,000 to the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation.
– $100,000 to AfriCare, which promotes health, food security and access to water primarily in Africa.
– $100,000 to the Central Asia Institute, which promotes education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Taken together, all those donations represented more than 78% of the total salary President Obama was paid during his time in the White House.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-obama-sala...
AND
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/02/...
Please bring Obama back. The world is a bleak place without him. I know he cant be President again, but has he thought about coming over here and being PM? Sure there's a job going spare later this week....
Shakermaker said:
Europa1 said:
From the BBC ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-4687338... ) :
"When asked to name his own favourite fast food by a reporter, Mr Trump said that he liked them all.
"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he replied."
Pizza, that well known American dish.
In fairness, the kind of pizza you get in America is wildly different from the kind of pizza you get in Italy"When asked to name his own favourite fast food by a reporter, Mr Trump said that he liked them all.
"If it's American, I like it. It's all American stuff," he replied."
Pizza, that well known American dish.
Hamburgers - not American
Fries - not American
Byker28i said:
trumps annual salary is $400,000. Each quarter he writes a cheque to federal agencies which include the National Park Service, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In October he donated it to the Small Business Association
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/trump-donates-seco...
It's worth noting the $400,000 is nothing compared to trumps income from his businesses and other sources. He also said he would take no salary after learning that Obama actually donated 78% of his income to charities.
Small beer it may be but I am still amazed he actually does this. Publicity stunt or not actually donating rather than talking about it is quite a surprise!In October he donated it to the Small Business Association
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/trump-donates-seco...
It's worth noting the $400,000 is nothing compared to trumps income from his businesses and other sources. He also said he would take no salary after learning that Obama actually donated 78% of his income to charities.
Tony33 said:
Small beer it may be but I am still amazed he actually does this. Publicity stunt or not actually donating rather than talking about it is quite a surprise!
It took him a while after his first quarter to do it - he had to be reminded a couple of times, but has done it since. One report said that they told him about Obama's donations 
TTmonkey said:
So did he keep the other 22% or was that the tax he paid? Ie, are the figures net or gross?
It looks like he kept the 22%, but I'm sure his donations were deductable? I think this was his only income at the time?He's made a lot since through book deals.
Looked like trump told the farmers what they wanted to hear?
“No one understands better than our great farmers that the tough choices we make today reap rewards for centuries to come,” Trump said, adding that their “greatest harvest” is yet to come.
“We’re doing trade deals that are going to get you so much business, you’re not even going to believe it,” he said
https://apnews.com/f0fd7d2d821a4dc0ac5a682bd18fc39...
“No one understands better than our great farmers that the tough choices we make today reap rewards for centuries to come,” Trump said, adding that their “greatest harvest” is yet to come.
“We’re doing trade deals that are going to get you so much business, you’re not even going to believe it,” he said
https://apnews.com/f0fd7d2d821a4dc0ac5a682bd18fc39...
Tony33 said:
Byker28i said:
trumps annual salary is $400,000. Each quarter he writes a cheque to federal agencies which include the National Park Service, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In October he donated it to the Small Business Association
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/trump-donates-seco...
It's worth noting the $400,000 is nothing compared to trumps income from his businesses and other sources. He also said he would take no salary after learning that Obama actually donated 78% of his income to charities.
Small beer it may be but I am still amazed he actually does this. Publicity stunt or not actually donating rather than talking about it is quite a surprise!In October he donated it to the Small Business Association
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/trump-donates-seco...
It's worth noting the $400,000 is nothing compared to trumps income from his businesses and other sources. He also said he would take no salary after learning that Obama actually donated 78% of his income to charities.
"Since taking office, Trump has donated his quarterly salaries to various government departments such as Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Health and Human Services, National Park Service and the Education department. But, that will all change according to the 2019 budget proposal the Trump administration released in February. According to this Washington Post report, the proposed changes to funding in Trump's budget will make cuts to executive departments and agencies, including SBA's funding by 25%, in order to pay for additional defense spending, the border wall and an infrastructure plan."
Byker28i said:
Looked like trump told the farmers what they wanted to hear?
“No one understands better than our great farmers that the tough choices we make today reap rewards for centuries to come,” Trump said, adding that their “greatest harvest” is yet to come.
“We’re doing trade deals that are going to get you so much business, you’re not even going to believe it,” he said
https://apnews.com/f0fd7d2d821a4dc0ac5a682bd18fc39...
I'm sure we can all get behind the not believing it part. “No one understands better than our great farmers that the tough choices we make today reap rewards for centuries to come,” Trump said, adding that their “greatest harvest” is yet to come.
“We’re doing trade deals that are going to get you so much business, you’re not even going to believe it,” he said
https://apnews.com/f0fd7d2d821a4dc0ac5a682bd18fc39...
NY Times ran a piece on whats happening at the border, focusing on trumps claims and the reality
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/11/us/...
Illegal border crossings have been declining for nearly two decades. In 2017, border-crossing apprehensions were at their lowest point since 1971.
Undetected illegal border crossings have dropped at an even faster rate
Most drugs are seized at ports of entry, not along the open border
several studies have found no link between immigration and crime, and some have found lower crime rates among immigrants.
Texas, which has the longest border with Mexico and has one of the largest populations of undocumented immigrants of any state, keeps track of immigration status as part of its crime data. The Cato Institute, a libertarian research center, analyzed the Texas data for 2015 and found that the rate of crime among undocumented immigrants was generally lower than among native-born Americans.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/11/us/...
Illegal border crossings have been declining for nearly two decades. In 2017, border-crossing apprehensions were at their lowest point since 1971.
Undetected illegal border crossings have dropped at an even faster rate
Most drugs are seized at ports of entry, not along the open border
several studies have found no link between immigration and crime, and some have found lower crime rates among immigrants.
Texas, which has the longest border with Mexico and has one of the largest populations of undocumented immigrants of any state, keeps track of immigration status as part of its crime data. The Cato Institute, a libertarian research center, analyzed the Texas data for 2015 and found that the rate of crime among undocumented immigrants was generally lower than among native-born Americans.
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