Donald Trump donates his salary to Charity as pledged to American people
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WASHINGTON: (APP) Donald Trump will donate his annual presidential salary of $400,000 to charity by year's end, spokesman Sean Spicer said.
"The president's intention is to donate his salary at the end of the year," Spicer told reporters at his daily briefing. "He made a pledge to the American people."
"He kindly asked that you all help determine where that goes," he continued -- a rather unusual statement from a White House that has made hostile confrontation with the media a near-daily occurrence.
Several times during his presidential campaign, the billionaire businessman said he did not plan to take a salary, save one dollar, the legal minimum.
In the past, Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy also donated their presidential salaries to charity.
