evidence: In late May 2018, we received a batch of inquiries from readers asking for verification of the claim that United States President Donald Trump had donated his first-quarter 2018 salary to the Department of Veterans Affairs. As a candidate, Trump famously promised to forgo his entire $400,000-per-year presidential salary if elected, following in the footsteps of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Herbert Hoover, both of whom were independently wealthy and donated the entirety of their salaries to charitable causes. [...] Some scattered reports in July 2018 claimed that President Trump had donated his entire $400,000 salary to the Department of the Interior "for construction and repair needs at military cemeteries," but that information was false.