President Donald Trump way back left the Display screen Actors Guild, however he continues to obtain a five-figure pension from the union years after leaving.
President-mandated monetary disclosures for 2025 revealed that he obtained $77,808 in pension funds from SAG final yr, or about $6,484 a month. Trump grew to become eligible for pension advantages by his union in 1992, the identical yr he made a cameo look in “House Alone 2: Misplaced in New York.” He additionally obtained an annual pension of $8,724 from the American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists, of which he additionally grew to become a member in 1989.
Trump reported residual funds value lower than $201 every for appearances in exhibits and films equivalent to Zoolander, The Nanny, Intercourse and the Metropolis, The Recent Prince of Bel-Air, The Ellen DeGeneres Present and Little Rascals, in line with the submitting.
The funds characterize only a fraction of the greater than $2.2 billion Trump has disclosed in 2025, way over every other president, and dwarfed by the at the least $622 million he collected by the top of his second time period in 2024. That complete contains $1.4 billion from his household’s cryptocurrency ventures. White Home deputy press secretary Anna Kelly instructed Fortune in an announcement that neither President Trump nor his household has ever been concerned in a battle of curiosity, nor do they intend to turn into one.
Trump continues to obtain SAG-AFTRA funds regardless of not being a member for 5 years. The president resigned from the union in 2021 after receiving threats of expulsion from SAG-AFTRA for his involvement within the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Shedding union members doesn’t prohibit labor actions; underneath federal labor legislation, vested union members are assured retirement advantages, together with pensions.
Weeks after the riot, SAG-AFTRA issued an “overwhelming” decision on January 6 that President Trump seemingly violated the union’s membership guidelines by his function, which the union known as “a reckless misinformation marketing campaign designed to undermine the credibility and in the end threaten the protection of journalists, a lot of whom are members of the SAG-AFTRA union.” Trump was later charged with making an attempt to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election, which culminated within the siege, however the case was dismissed following the president’s victory in November 2024.
Earlier than the disciplinary committee may think about his case, Trump withdrew from the union, writing in response to the listening to, “Who cares!”
“I now not need something to do together with your union,” Trump wrote in his resignation letter to the union. “Due to this fact, this letter is to tell you that I’m resigning from SAG-AFTRA efficient instantly. You could have accomplished nothing for me.”
Trump has earned tons of of tens of millions of {dollars} over his decades-long leisure profession, together with $427 million from the fact present “The Apprentice,” which aired from 2004 to 2015. Trump obtained $102,408 in pension funds from SAG-AFTRA in 2024, in line with the submitting.
