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Trump receives over $77k pension from SAG-AFTRA despite 2021 resignation

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Former President Donald Trump received a significant pension from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) in 2025, totaling over $77,000. Despite resigning from SAG-AFTRA in 2021 following his involvement in the January 6th Capitol events, Trump remains eligible for these vested retirement benefits. The pension payments are a small fraction of his total disclosed income for 2025, which exceeded $2.2 billion, largely from cryptocurrency ventures. AI

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Trump receives over $77k pension from SAG-AFTRA despite 2021 resignation

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sasha Rogelberg ·

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

    The president resigned from the Screen Actors Guild in 2021, rather than face a disciplinary hearing over the Jan. 6 insurrection, tweeting, "who cares!"

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