How a lot Donald Trump earns from residuals for TV and Movie cameos revealed in new submitting
Bear in mind within the early 2010s when, if individuals requested you about Donald Trump, your response can be: “What, the man who hosts The Apprentice?” Higher occasions, ay?
Now, over a decade on, Trump is in his second time period as President of the US, and has persistently hinted that he want to run for a 3rd time (regardless that it’s presently unlawful for any president to take action).
Trump received the gig on The Apprentice partly for his enterprise success, making thousands and thousands previous to changing into recognized for appearances on TV.
Changing into president has performed nothing to sluggish this pattern of Trump making thousands and thousands nevertheless, if something it’s enhanced it because it was revealed that the orange-flavoured politician made a whopping $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency in 2025.
While nearly all of his cash now comes from his enterprise dealings, Trump does nonetheless get residuals cheques for his numerous appearances in TV and Movie all through the years, with the precise figures being revealed within the launch of his annual monetary submitting.
Trump was paid for his cameos in Intercourse & the Metropolis, Little Rascals, and Zoolander, however the largest cost got here from Amazon and his pensions from SAG-AFTRA
A big portion of the residual cheques that Trump obtained have been so tiny that, in his authorized filings, they’re listed as ‘de minimis’, which means they vary from one cent to $200.
He obtained funds of this type from All of the sudden Susan, Two Weeks Discover, Spin Metropolis, The Affiliate, Little Rascals and The View, all of which he made small appearances on.
His largest residual cheque outdoors of his cost from Amazon got here within the type of a cost from ‘Leisure Companions’.
This was not disclosed in its precise quantity however ranged from $200-1000 for his appearances in Zoolander and Intercourse & the Metropolis.
His largest cost nevertheless have been his Amazon cheque, which was large, and what he made in his pension.
Trump will get SAG-AFTRA pensions which for most individuals can be a good yearly wage, and was paid thousands and thousands by Amazon
Trump was paid $10.7 million as a part of the licensing settlement for the documentary Melania, which was some of the costly ever made, in addition to a $521,000 cost for an accompanying memoir.
An additional cost from Amazon-MGM is a difficult one, nevertheless, as a result of it’s unclear precisely what he obtained it for. The corporate took over the syndication of The Apprentice after Trump and NBC severed their prior relationship and the corporate stopped displaying the TV present.
This extra cost was between $250,000 and $500,000, and it’s unclear whether or not it was for Melania or The Apprentice, however may be a mix of the 2.
Trump doesn’t get any residuals for his cameo look in Dwelling Alone 2, however he did use the movie to start paying right into a Display Actor’s Guild (SAG) pension, having performed the identical for an American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists (AFTRA) pension for his function within the Razzie nominated Ghosts Can’t Do It.
His SAG pension for the final yr totalled $77,808, and his AFTRA pension was $8,724. Trump pre-emptively give up SAG after Jan sixth after votes have been taken to expel him for his function in January sixth, however even non-members are in a position to obtain their pensions.
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