Trump's Press Secretary Displays One of His Checks in a Little Too Much Detail

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-press-secretary-check.html

The $100,000 check was made out to a government agency. This time his account and routing numbers were clearly visible.


President Trump’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, did not appear to use a mock check as others have done.Credit...Pool photo by Andrew Harrer

By Annie Karni

May 22, 2020, 7:41 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — It’s a feel-good story that President Trump’s press secretaries have relished over the years: the quarterly announcement of which government agency Mr. Trump has selected to be the lucky recipient of his salary, an easy way to show the president sticking to his 2016 campaign pledge to forgo his $400,000 salary and donate it.

In the past, the $100,000 check from Mr. Trump has been made out to the Small Business Administration initiative to help veteran entrepreneurs, to the Office of the Surgeon General to fight the opioid epidemic, and to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, among other places.

But on Friday, Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, did not just reveal that the president was sending his salary to the Department of Health and Human Services to help “support the efforts being undertaken to confront, contain and combat the coronavirus.”

She also displayed the president’s private bank account and routing numbers.

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Someone better call Lifelock...

[leftieNanner]

1. The Stupid HURTS!

And I'm sure some clever folks just might take advantage of that information.

[riversedge]

16. it is the bragging on national TV that is shameful.

[leftieNanner]

23. I think the word for this is disdain

Or

[sheshe2]

2. Little miss condesending press secretary screwed up.

[rzemanfl]

3. Those eyelashes are as real as Melanie's kidneys. n/t

[Botany]

15. Full scale view of her eyelashes

Press Sec. or cocktail waitress?

[calimary]

26. ROFL!!!!!!!!

[calimary]

27. Oops - double post.

Meh - never mind! It was FUNNY!!!!!

Btw - those false eyelashes were what I noticed first. And the really short fingernails - surprising considering how heavy her makeup is. I'd expect longer and probably bright red lacquered nails. Wonder if she bites 'em?

[dalton99a]

34. +1

[Wednesdays]

43. Playboy bunny.

We're talking about tRump's secretary after all, aren't we?

[SergeStorms]

28. I think she and "The Donald"...

share the spray-on tan booth together. They're both about the same shade of orange. That has to be a gigantic booth.

[LiberalLovinLug]

29. And I see she uses the same tanning oranger as her boss

edit: SergeStorms, beat me by thaaaaaaaat much!

[SCantiGOP]

32. Good one, rzemanfl

Not sure how many will get the joke.

[exboyfil]

4. I never understood why it is a badge of honor

to give your salary back (or be a $1/yr man). I want people that need their government salaries representing me (you know - normal folks). It is a nice gesture to be charitable, but it really shouldn't be considered over those who aren't able to make such a gesture.

I also have some kooky ideas about living arrangements in Washington. I think everyone of our Senators and Representatives should be required to live in dorms (two person to a room and as much as possible of different parties). They should only spend three nights/week in Washington. The rest of the time at their permanent home in their state or Congressional district (I know this would be more difficult for west coasters and those in Alaska and Hawaii). The families stay home.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. How about Rep. and Sen. salaries pegged to median income of their constituents?

Want a raise, Senator? Raise the standard of living for your voters.

[catrose]

39. yes this

[SergeStorms]

24. You can bet...

he takes full advantage of the tax deduction. He's giving up $400,000 a year in pay, and stealing $40 million from the taxpayers, if not more. Trump doesn't have a charitable bone in his morbidly obese body.

[exboyfil]

31. No doubt about the other side of the equation

[IronLionZion]

35. I want a president who took the train home to Wilmington each night

instead of the ones with lots of homes and ex-spouses

[Roland99]

5. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Me.]

6. There's A Prince In NIgeria Who Could Use A ScreenShot Of That

[smb]

7. Now, Now, Now -- Two-Bit Scam Artists Would Never Target Trump

Professional courtesy, don'tcha know....

[Me.]

9. Good One

[Grokenstein]

19. Honor among trash?

[MyOwnPeace]

13. Or maybe some Congressional committee,

you know, just to "follow the money!"

[NameAlreadyTaken]

8. It's probably overdrawn anyway.

[PJMcK]

10. Post of the day winner!

Congratulations!

[NameAlreadyTaken]

33. Thank you

[magicarpet]

11. It is a joint bank account with Putin as guardian of all the funds.

[iluvtennis]

14. That's what she gets with her "Show and Tell" bullshit. Just like last week with the notebook for

the trump pandemic plan - poof, nothing but smoke and mirrors.

[Captain Zero]

17. Kayleigh has Man Hands too.

Not that there's be anything wrong with that.
It's not the first time I noticed it either.

First time was when she was carrying their pandemic plan folders to the helicopter and trying to show off how they reinvented the wheel on that.

Seems like possible nicotine stains on her fingers too.

[Mr.Bill]

18. Probably a fake check.

I seriously doubt he actually donates his salary to anyone.

[aeromanKC]

20. Donates $400K meanwhile enriching himself with $millions in emoluments

and raping the National Treasury for expenses into his Trump Properties.

[Nimrod900]

21. Can we see the back?

It means nothing to show these fake checks if they don't get deposited. They can print as many as they want for any amount. Show us the back of the check after it clears!

[Scarsdale]

22. I wish he would keep that

salary, and pay for his own golf trips. We taxpayers have been fleeced enough by him and his grifting family.

[CloudWatcher]

25. Um, that check is backdated

That check is dated 4/21. Last I time I looked, today is 5/22.

- If the check was really printed on 4/21, why do they still have it?
- If the check was printed recently, why was it backdated?

And ... who prints out actual paper checks anymore?

[GoCubsGo]

30. What a moron.

She fits in perfectly with this administration.

[Trueblue Texan]

36. She needs to wash her filthy hands!

[tanyev]

38. Betcha that's self-tanning lotion.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

37. Could be deliberate. That way "friends" seeking favors would know just where to deposit the money.

What's he got to lose? No one can see his tax records anyway.

[Grins]

40. Fake check! Seen this before.

I saw this weeks ago.

The Mango-Menace, and this Harvard-educated dolt, thinks the “Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health“ - has it’s own damn bank account? Are you shitting me????

Agencies of the U.S. government DO NOT have their own damn blank accounts!! The check, if it was real, should have been made payable to “U.S. Treasury”. Just like the checks all of us write when we have to pay the government, i.e., federal taxes.

This is another fraud by the Great Orange Grifter.

[CloudWatcher]

42. Perhaps we should check the local DBA database

I wonder if some Trumpster has registered "Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health" as a business name

[MontanaMama]

41. What a maroon!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

44. Brilliant!!!!!