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6 hours agoTrump donates a quarterly wage to help fight the coronavirus
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)US President Donald Trump has donated his salary for the fourth quarter of 2019 to the Department of Health and Human Services, where it will be used for “supporting efforts undertaken to confront and fight coroni”. The White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham has made this known. [...]
The White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has made this known.
And as CNBC writes, this is not the first time Trump has given his salary to an agency facing an urgent problem.
Since taking office, Trump has “ored” his annual salary of $400,000 at a different agency every quarter.
Previous acts have gone, among other things, to the “General Surgery Office” to help combat the opium epidemic, the Homeland Security Department to help build a wall on the southern border, and at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to help combat alcoholism.
As the medium in question recalls, alcoholism contributed to the death of Trump's older brother, Fred Trump Jr.
Trump's decision to donate his salary again to the government every quarter fulfills a campaign promise he made in 2016.
As the richest man in the modern era to occupy the post of president, Trump is in a unique position to do so.
In contrast, since Tuesday afternoon, coronavirus had killed nine Americans, all in Washington State, and more than 100 Americans had tested positive, as the explosion was first confirmed in the United States in late February.
While worldwide, more than 91,000 cases have been reported, including more than 3,100 deaths.
