NEW You can now listen to Fox News posts!
The confidential donor who offered $130 million to the Pentagon to pay soldiers throughout the federal government shutdown has actually been determined as Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a significant monetary backer of President Donald Trump, according to a report.
Trump revealed the contribution on Thursday, however decreased to expose the donor’s identity, just explaining him as a “patriot” and a good friend. The president once again declined to call the individual on Friday while talking with press reporters aboard Flying force One quickly after leaving Washington for Asia, calling the donor “a fantastic American resident” and a “significant male.”
” He does not desire promotion,” Trump stated on Friday. “He choose that his name not be pointed out, which is quite uncommon worldwide I originate from, and worldwide of politics, you desire your name pointed out.”
However the 2 individuals acquainted with the matter informed The New york city Times that the male is Mellon, a rich banking successor and railway tycoon.
SECRET TRUMP ALLY CONTRIBUTES $130M TO COVER SOLDIERS’ PAYCHECKS AMID SHUTDOWN MAYHEM
The confidential donor who offered $130 million to the Pentagon to pay soldiers throughout the federal government shutdown has actually been determined as Timothy Mellon. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)
It stays uncertain the length of time the contribution will cover the soldiers’ incomes. The Trump administration’s 2025 spending plan requested about $600 billion in overall military settlement, according to the Congressional Budget Plan Workplace.
The $130 million contribution would equate to about $100 a service member, according to The New york city Times.
Mellon, a grand son of previous Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, is a backer of Trump who offered 10s of countless dollars to groups supporting the president’s 2024 project. In 2015, he offered $50 million to an extremely PAC supporting Trump, making it among the biggest single contributions ever revealed, the paper kept in mind.
President Donald Trump had actually decreased to expose the donor’s identity. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The billionaire was not a popular Republican donor up until Trump was very first chosen however has actually offered numerous countless dollars recently into supporting the president and the GOP.
He is likewise a considerable advocate of Health and Human Being Provider Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who likewise ran for president in 2024, initially as a Democrat and later on as an independent before leaving to back Trump. Mellon contributed millions to Kennedy’s governmental project and has actually likewise offered cash to the secretary’s anti-vaccine not-for-profit, Kid’s Health Defense, according to The New york city Times.
In spite of his political contributions, Mellon has actually looked for to keep a low profile.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FREEZES $11 BILLION IN BLUE-STATE FACILITIES PROJECTS, BLAMES DEMOCRATS FOR SHUTDOWN
The Pentagon stated it accepted the contribution under the “basic present approval authority.” ( Reuters)
In an autobiography released in 2015, Mellon explained himself as a previous liberal who moved from Connecticut to Wyoming for lower taxes and less individuals.
The Pentagon stated it accepted the contribution under the “basic present approval authority.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
” The contribution was made on the condition that it be utilized to balance out the expense of service members’ incomes and advantages,” Pentagon representative Sean Parnell stated in a declaration to The New york city Times.
However the contribution might be a possible offense of the Antideficiency Act, which forbids federal firms from investing cash in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.
Source: Fox News.
