Business Insider: “Each year of his presidency, Donald Trump donated his $400,000 annual salary to make good on his campaign promise that he wouldn’t keep taxpayer cash if elected. But Trump has been receiving a federal pension since he left office in January, a spokesperson for the General Services Administration confirmed to Insider on Monday. Through May 14, Trump had received $65,600 from a GSA fund that pays for former presidents’ pensions, the spokesperson said. Trump’s net worth is estimated at $2.4 billion. Since receiving the taxpayer-funded payments, it’s unclear what Trump has done with the money – kept it, donated it, or something else.”
“Trump spokesman Jason Miller did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the former president’s pension payments. The US Constitution requires presidents to receive a salary while in office but does not require former presidents to take a pension. Former presidents’ are entitled to pensions under a law called the Former Presidents Act. Their pay is equal to the salary of Cabinet secretaries, which is $221,400 in 2021.”