The anonymous donor who gifted $130 million to fund American troop salaries is a reclusive heir to one of the wealthiest banking families in U.S. history.

Timothy Mellon, a descendant of the Gilded Age industrialist Andrew Mellon, was identified by The New York Times as the mystery man who gave a rare multi-million dollar gift to the Pentagon.

Mellon donated millions to groups that supported Trump’s 2024 campaign, including a one-time gift of $50 million to a PAC backing Trump—one of the most significant single donations of the election cycle. He also donated to groups supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before the Kennedy scion pulled out of the presidential race.

Trump, 79, has described Mellon as a “great American citizen.” His Pentagon gift was used to pay American troops amid the gov

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