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Melania Trump cuts bloated first lady payroll from Michelle Obama days


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2017 Oct 20, 3:40pm   4,288 views  15 comments

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That Bitch, how dare she save the taxpayers money!

Melania Trump is embracing a more active and public schedule as first lady – but she still runs one of the leanest East Wing operations in recent history.

According to a Fox News analysis of White House personnel reports, Melania Trump has significantly reduced the number of aides on the first lady's office payroll in comparison to her predecessor, Michelle Obama.

During then-President Barack Obama’s first year in office, 16 people were listed working for Michelle Obama, earning a combined $1.24 million a year.

This year, just four people were listed working for Melania Trump as of June. Their salaries totaled $486,700.

It's an approach her spokeswoman says is intentional.

“As with all things that she does, she is being very deliberate in her hiring, focusing on quality over quantity,” communications director Stephanie Grisham said in an email. “It is important to her that the team is a good fit for what she wants to accomplish as first lady, and that everyone works well together. She also wants to be mindful and responsible when it comes to taxpayer money.”

While the 2009 annual report listed 16 staffers for Michelle Obama, her press secretary said at the time the staff actually included 24 people. A 2009 FactCheck.org story said Obama’s 24 aides might have broken records.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/20/melania-trump-cuts-bloated-first-lady-payroll-from-michelle-obama-days.html

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1   Ceffer   2017 Oct 20, 3:58pm  

She is causing unemployment. This is grounds for impeachment! IMPEACH MELANIA!
2   anonymous   2017 Oct 20, 4:28pm  

You made a typo. It's "Michael Obama" because he's a man, and Obama is gay.
www.youtube.com/embed/aakEvMc2110
3   joeyjojojunior   2017 Oct 20, 4:49pm  

If anyone is a tranny, it's Melania. Has anyone seen her and Caitlyn Jenner in the same room?
4   joshuatrio   2017 Oct 20, 5:30pm  

anonymous says
You made a typo. It's "Michael Obama" because he's a man, and Obama is gay.


I posted this last year and got called all sorts of names, and you know what? Michelle Obama is a dude!
5   anonymous   2017 Oct 20, 7:54pm  

Joan Rivers was pretty awesome. "She's just a tranny, it's OK"
6   MrMagic   2017 Oct 20, 7:59pm  

Michelle Obama staff salaries

Susan S. Sher -- $172,200.00 -- assistant to the president and chief of staff to the first lady
Jocelyn C. Frye -- $140,000.00 -- deputy assistant to the president and director of policy and projects for the first lady
Camille Y. Johnston -- $102,000.00 – special assistant to the president and director of communications for the first lady
Melissa E. Winter -- $102,000.00 – special assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff to the first lady
David S. Medina -- $90,000.00 – deputy chief of staff to the first lady
Catherine M. Lelyveld -- $84,000.00 director and press secretary to the first lady
Frances M. Starkey -- $75,000.00 – director of scheduling and advance for the first lady
Trooper Sanders -- $70,000.00 -- deputy director of policy and projects for the first lady
Jennifer R. Goodman -- $62,000.00 – deputy director of scheduling and events coordinator for the first lady
Alan Fitts -- $60,000.00 – deputy director of advance and trip director for the first lady
Dana M. Lewis -- $60,000.00 – special assistant and personal aide to the first lady
Semonti M. Mustaphi -- $52,500.00 – associate director and deputy press secretary to the first lady
Kristen E. Jarvis -- $50,000.00 – special assistant for scheduling and traveling aide to the first lady
Tyler A. Lechtenberg -- $45,000.00 – associate director of correspondence for the first lady
Joseph J. Boswell -- $40,000.00 – executive assistant to the chief of staff to the first lady
Deilia A. Jackson -- $36,000.00 – deputy associate director of correspondence for the first lady

Source: July 2009 report to Congress on White House personnel
7   MrMagic   2017 Oct 20, 8:07pm  

Melania Trump staff salaries

Lindsay B. Reynolds - $179,700.00 - assistant to the president and chief of staff to the first lady
Stephanie A. Grisham - $115,000.00 - special assistant to the president and director of communications for the first lady
Timothy G. Tripepi - $115,000.00 - special assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff of operations for the first lady
Mary?Kathryn Fisher - $77,000.00 - deputy director of advance for the first lady

Source: June 2017 report to Congress on White House personnel
8   anonymous   2017 Oct 20, 9:12pm  

me123 says
Well, she did spend money like a drunken sailor, so you could be right.

How much extra was spent looking after her and the kid at Trump Tower for all those months?
9   MrMagic   2017 Oct 20, 9:31pm  

ThreeBays says
More than making up for it in family trips to vacation resorts.


Yeah, Obama really spent like crazy on those.
10   joeyjojojunior   2017 Oct 21, 10:34am  

It's actually not even close. Trump has bankrupted the secret service after a few months. Not to mention making them stay at Trump hotels and buy Trump meals. Anything to funnel more US taxpayer $$ into Trump's coffers.
11   komputodo   2017 Oct 21, 11:15am  

Well to start with, she doesn't need a depilation 3 times a week.
12   komputodo   2017 Oct 21, 11:17am  

Once again here we go. Forget Las Vegas, the 2 hurricanes, puerto rico, north korea and their nuclear bombs, the wildfires in CA...Let's focus on whch first lady spends more money.
13   MrMagic   2017 Oct 21, 1:05pm  

PCGyver says
he doesn't need it but still he has the sickness, he must just make 1 more dollar.


Really? So why isn't he taking the Presidential salary, but has refused to accept it? That's a lot more than $1.
14   WookieMan   2017 Oct 22, 12:56am  

komputodo says
Once again here we go. Forget Las Vegas, the 2 hurricanes, puerto rico, north korea and their nuclear bombs, the wildfires in CA...Let's focus on whch first lady spends more money.

This is creepy but I need to buy you a dinner. You get it. Someone here actually gets it.
15   FortWayne   2017 Oct 22, 1:08am  

this is going to go against the liberal confusion, see they want to claim that Trump is in it for the money, but all evidence points that he needs no money. That he is really doing it to MAGA. Of course they don't understand it, all they want is hand outs, equality, and anti white racism...

Democratic party really went down in quality, they went from freedom to communism, feminism, homosexuality, abortions, drugs, and more government restrictions on freedoms people care such as business, safety, life, etc... Democrats are a real embarrassment to our nation.

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