Donald Trump Promised Not to Take a Salary as President

Republican president-elect Donald Trump acknowledge his son Barron Trump (C) after delivering his acceptance speech at the New York Hilton Midtown in in New York City, on Nov. 9, 2016. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Donald Trump, the president-elect, has said he would refuse to take a salary if he was elected.

Last September, Trump said he would forego a salary if elected—and he wouldn’t seek outside contributions.

“I won’t take even one dollar. I’m totally giving up my salary if I become president,” Trump said in a Twitter video last year from the New York headquarters of the social media site.

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Trump will officially be sworn in as president on Friday, January 20, on Inauguration Day.

The Associated Press declared Trump president-elect at 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 9.