President-elect Donald Trump stood by his promise to reject the presidential salary, during an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes.
From Breitbart
“The answer is no,” he said, when asked about his campaign trail promise by CBS interviewer Lesley Stahl. “I think I have to take by law one dollar so I’ll take one dollar a year.”
He admitted that he didn’t even know what the salary was, but when he was told it was $400,000 salary he declined it.
“I’m not taking it,” he said.
He added that he would not be taking too many vacations either.
“There’s so much work to be done and I want to get it done for the people,” he said. “I want to get it done. We’re lowering taxes, we’re taking care of health care.”
Trump signaled that he wanted to bring the people together, urging both the protesters and his supporters to stop abusing each other.
Stahl pointed to the recent violence around the country after the election
“I am so saddened to hear that. And I say, ‘Stop it,” he said. “If it helps. I will say this, and I will say right to the cameras: Stop it.”
He suggested that many of the protesters were “professional” and that his supporters would have been excoriated by the media if they refused to accept the election results.
“There is a different attitude. You know, there is a double standard here,” he said.
Stahl specifically told Trump that the gay, Muslim, African-American, and Latino communities were frightened after he was elected.
He replied that the incidents were probably amplified by the press, but he urged Americans to come together
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