- The Washington Times - Friday, May 22, 2020

President Trump is donating his salary for this quarter to the Department of Health and Human Services for research on treatments of the COVID-19 disease.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Mr. Trump is giving his $100,000 in pay to HHS “to develop new therapies for treating and preventing” COVID-19.

The president regularly donates his quarterly salary to various efforts in government.



• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

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