US media: Trump friend who donated $130 million to pay military salaries suspected billionaire Timothy Mellon

On October 23rd local time, US President Donald Trump announced at the White House that one of his friends and "patriots" donated $130 million to the US government to pay salaries to the US military during the federal government shutdown. Trump refused to reveal the identity of the donor, only calling him "a great American citizen" and "a man of strength". Trump said in an interview with the media on "Air Force One" on the 24th: "He doesn't want to be publicized, he wants his name not to be mentioned - which is quite rare in my world. In politics, people usually want their name to be mentioned." However, the New York Times quoted sources as saying on the 25th that the mysterious donor is the retired American billionaire Timothy Mellon (Timothy Mellon), who is an important top gifter of Trump and has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in support of Trump and the Republican Party in recent years. According to reports, Mellon, who is 83 years old, is an American railway giant, and Forbes magazine estimates that his net worth is close to 1 billion dollars. The Mellon family is also one of the richest families in the United States, with a total net worth of more than 14 billion dollars. Mellon's grandfather, Andrew Mellon, served as the US Treasury Secretary from 1921 to 1932, one of the longest-serving Treasury secretaries in US history. ( Observer Network)