Timothy Mellon a “reclusive” billionaire and Trump supporter. Virtually impossible to find a current or recent photo of him. That’s him in the blue shirt receiving a photograph in 2015 of USCGC Mellon, a ship named after his grandfather, Andrew.
President Trump announced this week that “a friend” who “loves the military and loves the country” – but who didn’t want to be identified – had given the funds.
Trump referenced the contribution en route to Asia Friday night, calling the request for anonymity “pretty unusual in the world I come from,” calling the donor a “great gentleman” and a “great patriot.”
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Mellon, 83, is the grandson of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Mellon. The family is believed to be worth $14 billion, according to Forbes.
A day after Trump’s 2024 conviction for fraud in New York, Mellon donated a stunning $50 million to the pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again.
He lives in Wyoming, where he has kept a low profile.
Andrew Mellon, who served as the nation’s Treasury Secretary from 1921 to 1932, amassed a fortune in the years leading up to the Great Depression, and ultimately made significant philanthropic contributions to the National Gallery of Art and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
The Pentagon accepted his grandson’s donation, but might not be able to use the funds: the Antideficiency Act bars agencies from spending money that has not been appropriated by Congress during a shutdown.
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