President Donald Trump donated another paycheck to a government agency, giving $100,000 to the Department of Homeland Security.
Trump has donated all of his paychecks since taking office.
He receives $400,000 a year, or $100,000 a quarter.
He has been donating the money on a quarterly basis.
Trump posted a picture of the check he wrote to the department, writing on Twitter: “While the press doesn’t like writing about it, nor do I need them to, I donate my yearly Presidential salary of $400,000.00 to different agencies throughout the year, this to Homeland Security.”
“If I didn’t do it there would be hell to pay from the FAKE NEWS MEDIA!” he added.
Trump has said he’s never had any alcohol after being affected by his brother’s heavy drinking.
Trump said that Fred Trump, who died at the age of 43 in 1981, would tell him, “Don’t drink, don’t drink.”
“He was substantially older and I listened to him and I respected him. He would say it over and over and over again. And to this day, I’ve never had [a] drink. And I have no longing, I have no interest in it,” Trump said. “I learned because of Fred. He was a strong guy but it was a tough, tough thing that he was going through.”
By law, Trump must be paid as president.
He donated his third-quarter 2017 salary, for instance, to Health and Human Services (HHS). The department was told to use the money to help combat the opioid crisis.
“The president is personally dedicated to defeating this crisis because addiction hits home for so many of us,” Hargan said. “You heard him share the story in his opioid speech about how he lost his own brother to alcoholism. And speaking personally, opioid addiction has been a presence in my hometown, in my family, for years.”
Trump also donated $100,000 to the Small Business Administration, with the agency’s head Linda McMahon accepting a check at a White House briefing in October 2018.
She said the funds would go toward a training program that helped veterans interested in starting their own businesses.
Other agencies that have received donations from Trump include the National Park Service, the Department of Education, and the Department of Transportation.