We have now reached a full decade of "the walls are closing in" stories from the media and Dems (as always, pardon the redundancy) as it pertains to Donald Trump.
The latest "scandal"?
Apparently President Trump gives generous Christmas bonuses to staffers out of his own pocket:
Exclusive: President Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to his executive assistant Natalie Harp and two of his other young, loyal White House employees.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 9, 2026
Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. https://t.co/e6UcgWP9Wu
President Trump last year gave cash gifts of $45,000 to aides Natalie Harp, Margo Martin and Chamberlain Harris and a $20,000 gift to Walt Nauta, public financial disclosures show. https://t.co/zhB9gGiS35
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 9, 2026
NEW: Trump gave Natalie Harp, Chamberlain Harris and Margo Martin
— Sophia Cai (@SophiaCai99) September 9, 2026
$45,000 each in cash for the holidays, their financial disclosures show. This is on top of their $150,00 tax-payer funded salaries. @politico story up shortly. pic.twitter.com/2OtrvqfTnr
Via Politico:
President Donald Trump gave three of his closest aides $45,000 cash gifts for the holidays, according to financial disclosures filed by the White House.
Natalie Harp, Chamberlain Harris and Margo Martin each reported receiving the gift from Trump in their annual public financial disclosures. The gifts totaled $135,000 and came on top of each aide’s $150,000 taxpayer-funded annual salary.
The filings identify Trump as the source of each payment and describe the gifts as “cash gift for the holidays.” Harris listed Trump’s location as Washington, D.C., while Harp and Martin listed it as Palm Beach, Florida. They were filed under the federal government’s public financial disclosure requirements.
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IMPEACH!
President Trump gives out CHRISTMAS BONUSES?! Out of his OWN POCKET?!
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 9, 2026
The horror!!!!! 😱
So what you're posting is Donald Trump is a generous man. Okay.
— keyboard jockey (@keyboardjockey1) September 9, 2026
I’m not sure what the “scandal” is here.
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) September 9, 2026
We have a President who is incredibly generous and gracious to his staff, who have been by his side for years. https://t.co/BX8REMqQJ6
The White House responded this way:
https://t.co/gsyV2IoV60 pic.twitter.com/BKXXovhcdJ
— White House Press Office (@PressSec) September 9, 2026
We'll now wait for a Democrat to add "generous boss" to the list of impeachment charges just in case they win back the House (which hopefully will not happen).
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