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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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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[Janbdwl72]

1. It's a a shame he 's not a good enough man to donate it to a charity

But that would be asking too much o the Felon.

[rampartd]

3. union pensions? he must have paid his dues.;

[JT45242]

5. He did until they were going to kick him out for Jan 6

Still qualifies.

[FakeNoose]

2. This is more $ than most Americans receive in Social Security

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

[JT45242]

4. Sag from the apprentice is likely the larger source of that

That would be the revenue generator.

[Zackzzzz]

6. Has he been receiving this pension since 1992?

[bmichaelh]

7. Trump bullied into a cameo

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]

8. A lot of unanswered questions about this

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.

[JT45242]

9. It's the apprentice..it was a union set for a long time

He was listed in a number of roles ...not home alone 2 as the source of that $$$$

[LisaL]

10. Yes, do they give such pensions to everyone who

has a minor role in any movie, or is Trump a special case, and if so, why?