Trump: No Salary for Me as President
Billionaire US presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Thursday he does not want the $400,000 annual salary that comes with the White House job and would turn it down if elected.
Trump, the Republican nominee in the 2016 race despite having no political experience, was asked at a town hall-style meeting in Rochester, New Hampshire, if, as president, he would roll back generous pension
and healthcare benefits given to members of Congress.
"The first thing I'm going to do is tell you that if I'm elected president, I'm accepting no salary, OK?" Trump said. "That's no big deal for me.
Trump, who built his fortune as a developer, real estate mogul and reality television personality, was listed on Thursday at No. 405 on Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires, with a fortune of $5.1 billion.
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Donald Trump is the first nominee for President in history to declare that he does not want to be paid a salary for being the President of USA.
He also does not want to take annual presidential holidays and hold too many state dinners at the White House.
Barrack Hussein Obama's annual holidays have so far cost the nation more than US$100m.