{"id":24990,"date":"2025-11-27T20:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=24990"},"modified":"2025-11-27T20:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:59:32","slug":"mystery-man-donor-behind-130-million-gift-to-pay-troops-identified-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=24990","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mystery Man\u2019 Donor Behind $130 Million Gift To Pay Troops Identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tdi_68\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1800 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_69  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_71  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_77 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-2 entered litespeed-loaded\" title=\"Screenshot_137\" src=\"https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_137.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_137.png 516w, https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_137-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_137-150x99.png 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"339\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_137.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_137.png 516w, https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_137-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_137-150x99.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_79 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_80\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_81  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_83  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_post_share tdi_84  td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_84\">\n<div id=\"tdi_84\" class=\"td-post-sharing tdb-block td-ps-bg td-ps-notext td-post-sharing-style1 \">\n<div class=\"td-post-sharing-visible\">\n<div class=\"td-social-sharing-button td-social-sharing-button-js td-social-handler td-social-share-text\">\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-text\">Share<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_85 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_85\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The mystery donor who offered to pay U.S. troops during the so-called \u201cSchumer Shutdown\u201d has been revealed as billionaire Timothy Mellon, heir to one of America\u2019s most prominent banking families. The 83-year-old, known for his reclusive lifestyle in Wyoming, is the grandson of Andrew Mellon, the industrialist and former Treasury Secretary who helped shape U.S. economic policy in the 1920s. President Donald Trump described the donor as \u201ca great gentleman\u201d and \u201ca great patriot,\u201d noting that he had requested anonymity. The White House declined to comment, while the Pentagon confirmed that Mellon\u2019s $130 million donation was made specifically to help fund military salaries during the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Mellon\u2019s contribution comes amid a broader budget standoff in Congress, which left thousands of federal employees temporarily unpaid. Mellon, a longtime Trump supporter, has previously drawn attention for his sizable political donations \u2014 including a $50 million contribution to the pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again Inc. in 2024, just one day after Trump\u2019s fraud conviction in New York. His latest donation, however, raises new legal questions. Under the Antideficiency Act, federal agencies are prohibited from spending money not appropriated by Congress, even if the funds come from private sources. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the department accepted Mellon\u2019s gift but said its use remains under legal review.<\/p>\n<p>The situation underscores a rare and complex intersection of private philanthropy and federal law. Trump has directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use \u201call available funds\u201d to pay service members, while Congress continues to debate a funding resolution. Critics argue that accepting Mellon\u2019s money could undermine congressional authority over federal spending, while supporters view it as an act of patriotism during a political impasse. As one defense official put it, \u201cThis is uncharted territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share The mystery donor who offered to pay U.S. troops during the so-called \u201cSchumer Shutdown\u201d has been revealed as billionaire Timothy Mellon, heir to one of America\u2019s most prominent banking &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24991,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24990\/revisions\/24991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}