President Donald Trump was photographed with a wad of cash in his back pocket earlier this week, prompting him to explain that he doesn’t carry a wallet and uses cash to tip.
A Reuters photographer captured a picture of Trump boarding Air Force One in California earlier this week with $20 bills sticking out of his back pocket. During a question-and-answer session on Wednesday night, Trump told reporters that he regularly carries cash and doesn’t keep it in a wallet.
“I don’t carry a wallet, because I haven’t had to use a credit card in a long time,” Trump said, according to The Washington Post. “I do like leaving tips to the hotel. I like to carry a little something. I like to give tips to the hotel. I’m telling you, maybe a president’s not supposed to do it, but I like to leave a tip for the hotel, etcetera, etcetera.”
“Oh, that’s funny. So the jacket was blowing up?” he added. “Boy, that’s a good picture. Hey, I’d like a piece of that picture.”
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