Trump's PAC will fund his Smithsonian portrait, in an unusual move

 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/22/trumps-pac-smithsonian-portrait-00053204

The $650,000 donation last month from the Save America PAC — an organization controlled by Trump himself — was unprecedented, as no other political action committee has funded a presidential portrait in the past, Smithsonian spokesperson Linda St. Thomas said. An additional $100,000 was given by an undisclosed donor to support the portraits, she said.

The funds, which total $750,000, will go to the artists, events and other fees associated with the two Trump portraits.