President Trump donates part of his salary to National Park Service

<p>President Donald Trump has said he'll donate his presidential salary. Well, apparently he's been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/us/politics/national-park-service-trump-salary.html?_r=0" target="_blank">weighing his options</a>, and the winner is: </p><p>"He has chosen this quarter to donate it to the National Park Service," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday.</p><p>The president donated $78,333.32 — his first quarter's salary — to the park service.</p><p>Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke said the money will go toward maintenance projects in the nation's historic battlefields.</p><p>But Zinke noted that the outstanding maintenance needed in those battlefields would cost about $229 million.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/new-interior-department-secretary-rode-to-work-on-horse/">Our New Interior Department Secretary Showed Up To Work On A Horse</a></b></p><p>On top of that, Trump's proposed budget would cut interior funding by around <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-presidential-budget-2018-proposal/?utm_term=.617e38f06ff9#dept-22" target="_blank">$1.6 billion</a>.</p><p>Originally, Spicer said Trump would donate the money at the end of the year to a charity of the press corps' choosing. Spicer didn't say why that plan has changed.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/susan-rice-might-have-unmasked-trump-team-members-in-reports/">Obama Aide Might Have Unmasked Trump Team Members In Intel Reports</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/erik-prince-linked-to-trump-putin-back-channel-effort/">Blackwater Founder Linked To Trump-Putin 'Back-Channel' Effort</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/mexican-tourism-to-us-might-decline-under-trump/">Mexican Tourists Might Choose Canada Over US Under Trump</a></li></ul>