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Former president is enjoying some success in courting sceptical funders but some, such as Peter Thiel, have spurned his advances

Donald Trump’s efforts to court and cajole rightwing billionaires into financing his presidential campaign are bearing fruit as even sceptical conservative mega-donors face up to the prospect he will again be the Republican candidate.

Trump is winning back some donors who supported him four years ago but then gave their money to the former US president’s primary rivals this year, fearing he will again lose to Joe Biden in November or the chaos that will ensue if he wins. But some other former ultra-wealthy supporters, including the tech billionaire Peter Thiel, have spurned Trump’s advances.

Trump’s campaign is pushing the inevitability of his victory over the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, the last remaining challenger in the Republican primaries, in order to shift the focus to the general election as he pursues Wall Street and Silicon Valley money.

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

Well of course they're drifting back to him. Sure, he's a criminal, a con artist, an incredible liar, a puppet of Vladimir Putin, and a direct threat to the stability and viability of the United States of America... but he'll cut their taxes a little bit more! And in the end, isn't that what's really important?

Besides, with all the extra savings, they'll be able to afford better bunkers and security systems as the outside world descends into Purge-like chaos.

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I’m surprised at how the republicans still almost had a normal candidate.

[–] trebuchet@lemmy.ml 30 points 9 months ago

I'm scratching my head, who is the normal candidate? The one that was pretending like the Civil War wasn't about slavery? The one that picked a fight with Mickey Mouse to try and score political points but then got his ass kicked?

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

... Who are you referring to?

Possibly Nikki Haley, who basically would never stand a chance in the Republican Party of today or basically ever without going by a nickname as her first name because a huge amount of Republicans would never vote for her if they are too cognizant of the fact that she has a foreign sounding first name?

You cannot possibly mean DeSantis, can you?

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, Haley may still be viable if Trump goes to jail.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

You can throw that out. She made a statement that she would pardon Trump if elected.

[–] Froyn@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago

I'm shocked they expect the money to be used for the campaign and not paying off his legal debts.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They're just trying to stay true to their morals.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

They're both the same picture.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Trump’s campaign is pushing the inevitability of his victory over the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, the last remaining challenger in the Republican primaries, in order to shift the focus to the general election as he pursues Wall Street and Silicon Valley money.

Trump successfully wooed the biggest donor to the Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s failed presidential campaign during a visit to Las Vegas last month, the billionaire developer Robert Bigelow.

After meeting Trump and then joining his motorcade through Las Vegas to a political rally, Bigelow pledged $20m to the former president’s campaign – the same amount he gave to DeSantis – along with another $1m toward the mounting costs of his myriad legal problems.

Trump also won commitments from other well-heeled donors on the Las Vegas trip while the billionaire investor John Paulson held a dinner for the former president and major Republican party contributors earlier this month, according to Politico.

In October, Trump’s representatives were pointedly excluded from a meeting of the American Opportunity Alliance, a conservative donor network founded by Griffin and another Wall Street billionaire, Paul Singer, while aides from rival Republican primary campaigns were present.

Glavin said that the news that a Biden-supporting group was planning to spend $250m in what the New York Times described as “the largest single purchase of political advertising by a Super Pac in the nation’s history” will have added to “pressure on Trump to ramp up his mega-donors”.


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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Giddyap! Hyah! Git!