Trump, a fundraising machine
Donald Trump increasingly looks like a money-grabbing machine. A fatal attraction between the tycoon and the American multimillionaires. A raging river that, after a few minutes, even overwhelmed the online donation platform. 50 million euros raised in just 24 hours. Something that had never been seen, together with the criminal conviction, in the history of a former president. Beyond the volume of money raised, the surprise also lies in the provenance of much of it, in fact not only small and numerous private contributions but the “heavy” one of the billionaires who abandoned him after Capitol Hill. Characters enticed by the tycoon’s promises and disinterested in his problems with justice or his commitments to the Americans as a future president. After being convicted on all 34 charges, Trump lashed out at judges and Biden as corrupt and fascists, but immediately afterwards he went to an event in the heart of Manhattan’s wealth, on the Upper East Side.
Trump, at fundraising events in the heart of Manhattan
And there, among the many paying guests, Steve Schwarzman, the co-founder of the Blackstone Group, was seen. The billionaire, with a fortune of 41 billion dollars, is a true icon of American wealth. At the time of the events on Capitol Hill he had left the Republican party and supported Joe Biden. Now, without even hiding too much, he attacks the President on the economy, on migrants and on foreign policy. And in no uncertain terms he claims “I intend to vote for change and support Donald Trump for president”. And then there is the Jewish lobby. A group of billionaires who know that the tycoon is, without any ifs or buts, in favor of Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. Another “heavyweight” is Omeed Malik, number one of 1789 Capital, who said regarding Trump’s conviction that “he is a victim of political persecution and this verdict will have less than zero impact on my support”. At another of the many events, this one in a prestigious hotel on Fifth Avenue, facing Central Park, the billionaires who spoke said that no verdict against the former president would change their vote to the Republican.
Trump, billionaires believe the tycoon’s promises
Many observers thus agree that Americans’ commitment to democracy is not as deeply rooted as one might think. The super rich, the entrepreneurs, who know very well what is happening, are not stupid and in the space of 4 years they have changed their minds 360 degrees. From blaming Trump for the assault on the Capitol they have moved on to declaring eternal faith in the President, whatever the cost. Elon Musk himself, $200 billion man, said of the guilty verdict: “Serious damage has been done today to public trust in the legal and criminal justice system. If a former president can be convicted for such a trivial matter, motivated by politics and not justice, then anyone risks the same fate.” Another turnaround also from Nelson Peltz, founding partner of Trian Partners, when she declared that she would vote for him again after years in which she had heavily criticized him. Another billionaire out in the open about voting for Trump is the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, the Jew Bill Ackman, who declared on the verdict “today’s represents the culmination of a legal process that bowed to the political will of the actors involved: a left-wing prosecutor, a partisan judge, and a jury that reflects one of the most liberal enclaves in the United States, all in an effort to ‘get’ Donald Trump.”
Trump, the Jewish lobby and his fundraising record
Israeli-born Miriam Adelson, widow of casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, plans to play a major role in funding Preserve America, a pro-Trump political action committee founded during the former president’s 2020 reelection campaign, according to Politico. Tech investors David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya holding a fundraiser in Silicon Valley even before the verdict said “There is now only one question in this election: whether the American people will tolerate America becoming a Banana Republic.” In April alone the Republican had raised 76 million dollars in April (50 from billionaires alone), compared to Biden’s 51 million. Trump raised more than $50 million in a single event with billionaires earlier that month. The tycoon has also received mountains of money from oil companies with the not-so-veiled promise to revoke environmental regulations, speed up permit and lease approvals and improve the tax benefits of the oil and gas industry. Even the manufacturers of petrol cars are with him given their desire to keep Chinese electric cars away. And Trump is doing all this without any hesitation and in broad daylight. Meanwhile he attacks Biden by saying he is the stupidest and most corrupt President in American history. If he says so.
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