“ According to the New York Times, the anonymous person who donated $130 million for the salaries of US military personnel turned out to be reclusive billionaire and the main donor of President Donald Trump, Timothy Mellon. Source: New York Times citing sources Details: NYT sources on condition of anonymity said that these funds were donated to the Pentagon by Timothy Mellon, a banker and railroad tycoon who is a longtime supporter of Trump. Mellon, the heir to Gilded Age industrialist and former Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, is a secret donor whom Trump has called a “friend,” a “great American” and a “patriot” but declined to name. Trump first announced the secret, legally contested donation on Thursday amid growing uproar over the potential financial hardship caused by the shutdown of $1.3 million for active-duty military personnel. The Pentagon said the donation was accepted in accordance with “general gift acceptance authority.” According to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets, Mellon, 80, poured more than $165 million into support of Trump, Robert F. Kennedy and other Republican candidates during the 2024 election cycle, making him the largest outside spending donor last year. What came before: The Pentagon received a charitable contribution of $130 million from a person who wished to remain anonymous, for the salaries of U.S. service members that could be delayed due to the failure of timely funding for the continuation of the federal government. We will remind: Since October 1, the so-called shutdown, a forced pause in the work of the federal government, has been going on in the USA, due to the fact that the Republicans and Democrats continue to argue about the project with additional funding for the work of the government. On Thursday, the Senate failed to approve a Republican bill with funds to pay active military personnel and some other “critical” federal workers. Democrats introduced an alternative bill that would have covered the salaries of all federal government employees, but that also failed. On October 11, Trump ordered the Pentagon to make payments due to the military in mid-October from “free” research and development funds. Where they will get 6.37 billion for the next payment, the time of which has already approached, is still unclear. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson believes that this shutdown could become the longest in history.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Pentagon, photo: Getty Images Source: New York Times citing sources
Details: NYT sources on condition of anonymity said that these funds were donated to the Pentagon by Timothy Mellon, a banker and railroad tycoon who is a longtime supporter of Trump.
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Mellon, the heir to Gilded Age industrialist and former Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, is a secret donor whom Trump has called a “friend,” a “great American” and a “patriot” but declined to name.
Trump first announced the secret, legally contested donation on Thursday amid growing uproar over the potential financial hardship caused by the shutdown of $1.3 million for active-duty military personnel.
The Pentagon said the donation was accepted in accordance with “general gift acceptance authority.”
According to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets, Mellon, 80, poured more than $165 million into support of Trump, Robert F. Kennedy and other Republican candidates during the 2024 election cycle, making him the largest outside spending donor last year.
What preceded: The Pentagon received a charitable contribution of $130 million from a person who wished to remain anonymous for the salaries of U.S. service members that could be delayed due to the failure of timely funding for the continuation of the federal government.
We will remind: In the USA, the so-called shutdown, a forced pause in the work of the federal government, has been going on since October 1, due to the fact that Republicans and Democrats continue to argue regarding the project with additional funding for government work.
On Thursday, the Senate failed to approve a Republican bill with funds to pay active military personnel and some other “critical” federal workers. Democrats introduced an alternative bill that would have covered the salaries of all federal government employees, but that also failed.
On October 11, Trump ordered the Pentagon to make payments due to the military in mid-October from “free” research and development funds. Where they will get 6.37 billion for the next payment, the time of which has already approached, is still unclear.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson believes that this shutdown may become the longest in history.