In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Donald Trump claimed he was “the only President (with the possible exception of the Late, Great George Washington) to donate my Salary.” The statement is false. Both Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy are well-documented as having donated their full presidential salaries.

Hoover gave his salary to charity and to support government employees during the Great Depression, while Kennedy donated his pay—and his prior congressional salary—to organizations like the United Negro College Fund and the Boy Scouts.

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While Trump did donate his salary during his presidency, primarily to government agencies, the gesture has faced

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