Presidential Conflicts of Interest

[Benton]

(11-19-2016, 10:23 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Seeing how he isn't going to accept the salary, and will only intermittently reside in the White House, What is the big deal?

a. Because the presidency shouldn't really be about profiting off the country.
b. He stands to make a lot more this way and donating his salary (which he can claim as a tax deduction). But he doesn't have a choice about accepting the salary. He can donate it, or keep it for himself. He can't simply not accept it. Other public officials have tried that, they still have to take the money.