President Washington took a smaller salary, just like Trump wants to.
False.
True!
Oh, for fuck's sake. This is the problem with some of you fucking morons. You can't even be bothered to deal in reality.
Washington did not take a lower salary. To the contrary, he finally gave up his resistance to taking a salary because it was pointed out to him that as the first President his example would set the example future generations of Americans. He didn't want to set a precedent that the Presidency would only be accessible to the wealthy who could afford to hold office without pay or with only partial pay. So he surrendered his opposition, and received the full salary as prescribed by Congress.
Yes and he settled that by taking a smaller amount.
It's still taught in our schools today for Chists sake.
I know my american history and I got it from books not the internet.