Tag: presidential politics

August Is a Bad Month for Presidents

Buck Banks

“For presidents of the United States, August almost always stinks. Whether it’s because key allies are out of town and unplugged, because the White House support network is thinner or because the nation’s woes seem a little more acute in Washington’s swampy August weather, presidents often get mired in controversies or crises — and often mishandle them — in the dog days of August.”

— First Read

Trump Will Take $1 Salary

Buck Banks

$1

Amount President-elect Donald Trump will take per year as his presidential salary, The Hill reports. Said Trump: “I think I have to by law take $1, so I’ll take $1 a year. But it’s a — I don’t even know what it is. Do you know what the salary is?” When informed that it’s $400,000, he added: “No, I’m not going to take the salary. I’m not taking it.”

Walker: You Have to Be Crazy to Want to Be President

Buck Banks

I say this only half-jokingly, that you have to be crazy to want to be president. Anyone who’s seen the pictures of this president or any of the former presidents can see the before and after, no matter how fit, no matter how young they are, they age pretty rapidly when you look at their hair and everything else involved with it.

— Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), quoted by Fox6 Now, who wants to be president.