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mahatmakanejeeves

(71,690 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:00 PM Yesterday

Trump got a $78K pension from the Screen Actors Guild in 2025 because he appeared in Home Alone 2 in 1992

Source: Fortune via Yahoo! Finance

Fortune
Trump got a $78K pension from the Screen Actors Guild in 2025 because he appeared in Home Alone 2 in 1992

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Sasha Rogelberg
Wed, July 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM EDT 2 min read


President Donald Trump long ago left the Screen Actors Guild—which he joined in 1989 following his debut in the supernatural romcom Ghosts Can't Do It—but he continues to receive a five-figure pension from the union, years after his departure.

The president's mandatory financial disclosure for 2025 reveals he received $77,808 in pension funds last year, or about $6,484 monthly, from SAG. Trump became eligible for a pension through the union in 1992, the same year he had a cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. He also received an $8,724 annual pension from the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which he likewise became a member of in 1989.

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Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/trump-got-78k-pension-screen-164734838.html

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Trump got a $78K pension from the Screen Actors Guild in 2025 because he appeared in Home Alone 2 in 1992 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP
It's a a shame he 's not a good enough man to donate it to a charity Janbdwl72 Yesterday #1
union pensions? he must have paid his dues.; rampartd Yesterday #3
He did until they were going to kick him out for Jan 6 JT45242 Yesterday #5
This is more $ than most Americans receive in Social Security FakeNoose Yesterday #2
Sag from the apprentice is likely the larger source of that JT45242 Yesterday #4
Has he been receiving this pension since 1992? Zackzzzz Yesterday #6
Trump bullied into a cameo bmichaelh Yesterday #7
A lot of unanswered questions about this Gymbo 3 hrs ago #8

Janbdwl72

(313 posts)
1. It's a a shame he 's not a good enough man to donate it to a charity
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:03 PM
Yesterday

But that would be asking too much o the Felon.

FakeNoose

(43,171 posts)
2. This is more $ than most Americans receive in Social Security
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:08 PM
Yesterday

And yet ... he would LO-O-O-OVE to take away our Social Security, wouldn't he?

JT45242

(4,247 posts)
4. Sag from the apprentice is likely the larger source of that
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:10 PM
Yesterday

That would be the revenue generator.

bmichaelh

(1,332 posts)
7. Trump bullied into a cameo
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:29 PM
Yesterday

Donald Trump made a condition that if they filmed at the hotel, he had to have a speaking cameo.

Director Chris Columbus wishes he could get rid of it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67834817

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/trump-chris-columbus-home-alone-2-20274381.php

Trump did not need the money.

He was even a bully back then.

Gymbo

(195 posts)
8. A lot of unanswered questions about this
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 07:20 PM
3 hrs ago

Trump was in "Home Alone 2" for seven seconds. How that justifies a $78,000 pension is totally lost on me, I would also like to know how Trump qualified for a pension in 1992 at age 46 epecially if that is paid out annually. I suppose eligible at 46, but not paid out until 2011 when he turned 65. Which means he made $1,170,000 over the last fifteen years. King of racketeering.

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