Press secretary Sean Spicer announced the move by handing a check for the donation to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. (Photo: Reuters)
Apr 03, 2017
The White House on Monday announced that President Donald Trump would donate the first three months of his salary to the National Park Service, a grand total of $78,333.32. It's just too bad the service is run by the Department of the Interior, whose budget the president wants to slash by $2 billion.
Press secretary Sean Spicer announced the move by handing a check for the donation to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
Zinke, in turn, said the money would go toward maintaining historic battlefield sites, adding another layer of uselessness to the proceedings.
Few appeared to be impressed by the nation's first for-profit president's donation. Many noted the irony of gifting $78,333 to the same department that he is attempting to gut, while others pointed out that Trump's vacations alone have already out-priced that amount.
\u201cTrump donated his Q1 salary, $78,333, to National Park Service\n\nAlso: Trump wants to cut Interior Dept by $2 billion https://t.co/hyYDpzNoKR\u201d— Bradd Jaffy (@Bradd Jaffy) 1491246203
\u201cDonating $78k to the Park Service while pushing to cut billions from the Interior Dept is standard Trump math. Give a penny, take 100 bucks.\u201d— Flippable (@Flippable) 1491246733
\u201cdid Trump donate his salary to National Parks Service as a bribe so they would finally say his crowd sizes are boss\u201d— Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng) 1491244813
The Trump administration's anti-science stance famously prompted the creation of numerous "rogue" Twitter accounts, reportedly launched by federal workers--including those in the National Park Service--to disseminate facts on climate change following an information crackdown from the White House in January.
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Nadia Prupis is a former Common Dreams staff writer. She wrote on media policy for Truthout.org and has been published in New America Media and AlterNet. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in English in 2008.
The White House on Monday announced that President Donald Trump would donate the first three months of his salary to the National Park Service, a grand total of $78,333.32. It's just too bad the service is run by the Department of the Interior, whose budget the president wants to slash by $2 billion.
Press secretary Sean Spicer announced the move by handing a check for the donation to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
Zinke, in turn, said the money would go toward maintaining historic battlefield sites, adding another layer of uselessness to the proceedings.
Few appeared to be impressed by the nation's first for-profit president's donation. Many noted the irony of gifting $78,333 to the same department that he is attempting to gut, while others pointed out that Trump's vacations alone have already out-priced that amount.
\u201cTrump donated his Q1 salary, $78,333, to National Park Service\n\nAlso: Trump wants to cut Interior Dept by $2 billion https://t.co/hyYDpzNoKR\u201d— Bradd Jaffy (@Bradd Jaffy) 1491246203
\u201cDonating $78k to the Park Service while pushing to cut billions from the Interior Dept is standard Trump math. Give a penny, take 100 bucks.\u201d— Flippable (@Flippable) 1491246733
\u201cdid Trump donate his salary to National Parks Service as a bribe so they would finally say his crowd sizes are boss\u201d— Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng) 1491244813
The Trump administration's anti-science stance famously prompted the creation of numerous "rogue" Twitter accounts, reportedly launched by federal workers--including those in the National Park Service--to disseminate facts on climate change following an information crackdown from the White House in January.
Nadia Prupis
Nadia Prupis is a former Common Dreams staff writer. She wrote on media policy for Truthout.org and has been published in New America Media and AlterNet. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in English in 2008.
The White House on Monday announced that President Donald Trump would donate the first three months of his salary to the National Park Service, a grand total of $78,333.32. It's just too bad the service is run by the Department of the Interior, whose budget the president wants to slash by $2 billion.
Press secretary Sean Spicer announced the move by handing a check for the donation to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
Zinke, in turn, said the money would go toward maintaining historic battlefield sites, adding another layer of uselessness to the proceedings.
Few appeared to be impressed by the nation's first for-profit president's donation. Many noted the irony of gifting $78,333 to the same department that he is attempting to gut, while others pointed out that Trump's vacations alone have already out-priced that amount.
\u201cTrump donated his Q1 salary, $78,333, to National Park Service\n\nAlso: Trump wants to cut Interior Dept by $2 billion https://t.co/hyYDpzNoKR\u201d— Bradd Jaffy (@Bradd Jaffy) 1491246203
\u201cDonating $78k to the Park Service while pushing to cut billions from the Interior Dept is standard Trump math. Give a penny, take 100 bucks.\u201d— Flippable (@Flippable) 1491246733
\u201cdid Trump donate his salary to National Parks Service as a bribe so they would finally say his crowd sizes are boss\u201d— Asawin Suebsaeng (@Asawin Suebsaeng) 1491244813
The Trump administration's anti-science stance famously prompted the creation of numerous "rogue" Twitter accounts, reportedly launched by federal workers--including those in the National Park Service--to disseminate facts on climate change following an information crackdown from the White House in January.
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