President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar (R), speaks during a meeting with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and pharmaceutical executives at the White House in Washington, on March 2, 2020. Leah Millis/Reuters
President Donald Trump will be donating a quarter of his annual salary in order to help fight coronavirus, according to a twitter post from White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.
In the post on Tuesday, March 2, Grisham wrote that Trump “made a commitment to donate his salary while in office.” She further stated that the act was a way to further honor his promise to the American people to protect them.