Is it time to for a FLOTUS to start cashing a paycheck? And who would appoint her an official government position to earn, according to Salary.com, a bit over $170,000/ yearly?
Hey if a POTUS can appoint someone as “advisor” to earn a paycheck why not the FLOTUS- PB/TK
Will Melania Trump Live In The White House? Maybe A Salary For The First Lady Is The Answer – By Marcy Kreiter
To get Melania Trump to assume the duties of first lady, we just might have to pay her. The former model and third wife of the president has been an infrequent visitor to the White House since her husband’s inauguration and reportedly will share an office with her step-daughter, Ivanka.
Ronald Reagan once joked that the government was keeping wife Nancy as busy as he was. During the 2016 campaign, Bill Clinton joked during the 1992 president campaign if he were elected, the nation would be getting two presidents for the price of one.
But Trump, the first foreign-born first lady since Louisa Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams, a month into her husband’s presidency has kept her distance, opting to stay in New York, at least until son Barron finishes the school year.
She did turn up in Washington last week, her first trip since the Jan. 20 inauguration, for the visit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife. And the week before, Trump escorted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife around Palm Beach, Florida.
Maybe she would be taking a more active role if a paycheck were involved. After all, the libel suit she filed against the British newspaper the Daily Mail indicated she planned to monetize her stint in the White House as “one of the most photographed women in the world.”
But there’s a problem. The president can’t appoint the first lady to an official, paid position. That would violate nepotism rules
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