Deep-pocketed donor who gave $130 million to pay soldiers during government shutdown is identified: report
Billionaire businessman Timothy Mellon – scion of the famed American banking family – is the deep-pocketed donor who gave $130 million to pay US troops during the government shutdown.
The reclusive Mellon was identified as the source of the funds in a Saturday report by The New York Times.
President Trump announced this week that “a friend” who “loves the military and loves the country” – but who didn’t want to be identified – was giving the money.
Trump referenced the donation en route to Asia Friday night, calling the request for anonymity “pretty unusual in the world I come from.”
Mellon, 83, is the grandson of industrialist and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, and is believed to be worth $14 billion.
The White House declined to comment and referred questions to the Department of War and the Treasury Department, which did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
