Anonymous Trump 'Friend' Donates $130M to Pay Military

Friday, October 24, 2025

The Trump administration, which vowed to be transparent, has accepted an anonymous donation to pay the U.S. Military during the government shutdown. What legal maneuvers will be done to ensure that the donation is legal has not been revealed.

Posted by retort at 05:59 PM | 23 COMMENTS | permalink

The Defense Department declined to answer when asked about ethics reviews of the anonymous donation.[image or embed]
-- HuffPost (@huffpost.com) Oct 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM

The Pentagon said it received an anonymous $130 million donation to pay the military during the US government shutdown, a move the administration might not legally be able to carry out[image or embed]
-- Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) Oct 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM

Comments

It's Qatar.

Now you know why they can't tell you.

#1 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-24 06:03 PM

I so love the transparency of Traitors.

#2 | Posted by DMTDust at 2025-10-24 06:08 PM

Gubment for sale here...step right up...getcher Gubment...

Pardons?

Do we have Pardons? Hell yes we got pardons.

Step right up, beat the crowds...Gubment fer sale...

#3 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-10-24 06:12 PM

Tax the wealthy.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-24 06:13 PM

Putin could afford to do this.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-24 06:17 PM

What private donor will pay from Trump's war in Venezuela?

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-24 06:19 PM

That will pay for Kegsy's drinks for a month!

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-24 06:21 PM

(Nazi body art enhancements not included, free wife beating, though)

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-24 06:25 PM

I wonder what the "donor" has received in return for this ~donation?~

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-24 06:32 PM

... The Republican president said two major tech executives -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff -- had called him "saying that the future of San Francisco is great." ...

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-24 06:34 PM

This is not how a government should function.

Paying the military
Constructing public buildings

We are deep in banana territory

#11 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-24 06:55 PM

And giving Air Force 1

This is insane

#12 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-24 07:00 PM

What private donor will pay for Trumpf's war on Venezuela?

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-24 06:19 PM | Reply | Flag: Apropos

Anyone of the US, or remotely possible foreign, oligarchs. Richard Branson was agitating against Nicolas Maduro years ago.

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-24 07:02 PM

We are deep in banana territory

The Founding Daddies thought that the President would always have some semblance of integrity.

They were mistaken.

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-24 07:04 PM

#10

That's SO Trump.... he'll post that telling wealthy people, see? Just flatter me, it'll get you anywhere!

Also send money just to be sure!

#15 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-24 07:12 PM

They also thought Congress would guard its power vociferously

They were bigly wrong there too

#16 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-24 07:14 PM

- some semblance of integrity.

I'm giving odds he couldn't spell the word. Either word.

#17 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-24 07:14 PM

oh sure... the ones who cry about paying taxes... "donates"

Meh... I'm not buying it... they want to turn the military into mercenaries...

#18 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-10-24 08:17 PM

As long as it is not going to illegals I'm fine with it.

#19 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-10-24 08:30 PM

#19

You mean brown people, right?

Cause that's the only criteria to get busted by ICE, no warrant no cause no nothing.

Thanks for this Whiter America, Trumpers.

Oh, and for the higher food prices because we've lost part of our agricultural base to the loss of farm workers.

#20 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-24 08:45 PM

How do you donate money to pay the military?

Doesn't Congress have to pay it?

We privatizing the military?

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-24 08:48 PM

How do you donate money to pay the military?

You give it to the ballroom project. You don't actually expect the military to see a dime of it, do you?

#22 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-24 08:59 PM

How is this a bad thing?

#23 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-10-24 10:53 PM

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