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

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. 

Trump reported residuals worth less than $201 each for appearances on TV shows and in films including Zoolander, The Nanny, Sex and the City, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Little Rascals, according to the filings.

The payout is just a fraction of the more than $2.2 billion in income Trump disclosed in 2025—an amount far exceeding that of any other president and dwarfing the at least $622 million he pulled in prior to his second presidential term in 2024. That total includes $1.4 billion from his family’s crypt...