Donald Trump Donates First Three Month Salary for Public Use

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President Donald Trump, who made a fortune in real estate before running for political office, has decided to donate his first quarter salary of $78,333 to the National Park Service, the White House announced on Monday.

“The president is personally proud to contribute the first quarter of his salary to the important mission of the Park Service,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer told a news briefing.

“It is every penny the president received … from Jan. 20 noon forward.”

During the presidential campaign, Trump said he would donate his $400,000 annual salary if he were elected.

“That’s no big deal for me,” he told a town-hall style meeting in September 2015.

Spicer presented the cheque to Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke.

After receiving the cheque, Zinke said “we are going to dedicate it to infrastructure in our nation’s battlefields.”

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, whose agency oversees the 100-year-old protector of 417 national parks, monuments and other sites, said he was “thrilled” at Trump’s decision.

“We are going to dedicate and put it against the infrastructure on our nation’s battlefields,” Zinke said, appearing alongside White House spokesman Sean Spicer at a daily briefing. “We are about $229 million behind in deferred maintenance on our battlefields alone,” Zinke said.

Born on June 14, 1946, Donald Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States of America. Prior to entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.