The President, a cheater and bilk? His credit card brought Barack Obama in a New York restaurant in a predicament. Because that did not work, the First Lady had to help out.

Even the most powerful man in the world has sometimes financial difficulties. U.S. President Barack Obama has been a painful experience – he had once stood almost as Zechpreller. During his visit to the UN General Assembly in New York restaurant had rejected his credit card in the metropolis, told Obama.

“It turned out that I apparently do not often use,” he said at the Financial Consumer Agency CFPB in Washington – and reaped abundant laughter of his audience. “They thought that it was a scam.” Luckily, his wife Michelle had their credit card here. Obama tried to explain the operation even more, that he had always paid his bills.

President Obama earns $ 400,000 per year (313,000 euros). In addition an expense allowance of $ 50,000 (39,000 euros). Approximately twelve percent of his income donated the presidential couple last year for charity.

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