Trump donates third-quarter salary for combating opioid epidemic

December 01, 2017 09:48

In a noble gesture, US President Donald Trump today donated his third-quarter salary to the Department of Health and Human Services to help fight the opioid epidemic.

Trump's annual salary is USD 400,000. So, effectively his donation amount would be about USD 100,000.

"His decision to donate his salary is a tribute to his compassion, to his patriotism his and sense of duty to the American people. But it's his compassion above all that drives his interest in the issue to which HHS is going to devote his donation, America's devastating opioid crisis," HHS Acting Secretary Eric Hargan, told reporters at the White House. -- PTI

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