When President Donald Trump connected by phone last week with Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson — perhaps the only person in the party who can cut a nine-figure check to aid his reelection — the phone call unexpectedly turned contentious.
Now, Republican leaders are pleading to billionaires for help. Trump advisers are pining for new outside groups to form, and the White House is growing anxious to see what Adelson, who has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into Republican super PACs over the past decade, will do. Trump speaks with Adelson at the Israeli American Council National Summit in 2019. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
Others say big Republican givers are holding back checks because of the potential business fallout of being a major Trump contributor. After word surfaced that fitness company executive Stephen Ross was hosting a Hamptons fundraiser for Trump, patrons at his Equinox and SoulCycle chains staged a boycott.
Keep it up donny-boy. Momentum is a wonderful thing (if you know how to handle it.
BS
A Jew financing a Nazi.
I thought trump would self finance his own campaign... he didn’t want or need other’s money and wouldn’t be bought. Except for Russians that is.., bought, paid for and delivered to Putin. At least he kept his word there
And he continues to dig his OWN hole deeper.
It’s such a horrible thing that billionaires can spend millions to candidates, it is bribery on a very high level. Super PAC s should be removed completely. Stop this bribe system.
“Yo Semite, waz upppp” is how Trump answered the call
That's TrumptyDumpty just doing what he does best. Being stupid. Hey Sheldon, are you really going to give more money to a self-absorbed imbecile, who can barely remember your name, let alone that you've given millions to his campaign?
Why do all uber-wealthy people look like wretched trolls? You’d think their money could fix that...
Yay.
Trump has to whine to get donors. He should finance his own shit show
What's happening with the Equinox and Soulcycle boycott?
This is what happens when rich people surround themselves with sycophants who tell them they look good. Trump Adelson
Trump vs Adelson. One pretends to be a billionaire while the other is actually one.
So basically, republicans are running out of money, no super pac connects, and trump told this insanely rich donor to go fuck off who already spent hundreds of millions. Damn, this is hilarious.
Sneaky GOPers.
Maybe Trump was trying to give him advice on how to run casinos too.
Hey...anyone younger than 50 that thinks that this guy and Trump have no business making decisions in 2020....FUCKING VOTE!!
I always think of Trump as a 13 year old. In this is case I see him saying ....hey you can’t take my allowance away and no I dont want to work
Aren’t members of a crime syndicate supposed to stick together?
This says Adelson called Trump to talk about the COVID stimulus bill. I’m wondering if any of Trump’s EOs were produced to appease Adelson. Payroll tax?
Trump will criticize this guy but never Putin.
Politico- you published a 28-paragraph article that fails to mention the personal favors a billionaire donor was direct-calling the president to ask about.
FINGERS CROSSED
I love populist nationalists standing in their own way due to their ego and hybris. What a joy. Can't wait for November.
thoughts and prayers 😂🤣
Looks like they share the same hair colourist , you know the one, has a white stick and a dog
Coconspirators... realDonaldTrump mikepompeo
Coconspirators!
Fake News Politico.
Imagine being 87 years old and being treated like that...and just taking it. I wouldn’t let someone talk to me the way people let Trump talk to them when I was 25. These people are pathetic
The Baby President has made it clear he loves using other people's money.
There is no one Trump won't stab in the back.
coppertime Wait when Trump ran in 2016, he made a huge deal about paying out of pocket for his campaign. I thought Trump was Über rich. Can’t he just pay for it himself instead of desperately harassing and begging supporters for money?
Well if Sheldon Adelson's out, it's over. Donald can't be like Mark Davis and turn to Bank of America
It's time for Sheldon to get a prayer book (Siddur) and start studying for finals. The rich have still not discovered a way to live forever. The only thing left for him to purchase is his legacy.
Why is Trump even talking to Adelson for his support to the Trump campaign? Didn’t Trump boast that he’s really rich and can self finance?
This is just a PR news story soun by the Trump campaign to help donors dig deeper for fear of Trump losing due to being out spent by Biden, nothing more nothing less.
Womp Womp
Gives new meaning to the term: “don’t bite the hand feeding you.”
Talk about bitting the hand the feeds you. If the vegas guy cares about covid he will not back trump who hasnt done anything beyond say hydroxy can help and praise a lizard sex demon crazy lady.
I'm surprised Trump didn't recognize a cash cow. He thinks of people in $$$ and ¢
This article lays bare why the current political system is corrupt and broken.
NO! No it's expected. Trump stealing the presidency gave the criminal complete power to choke America for his own selfish greed. He believes he's superior to all others accept Putin. Somebody needs to teach that prick a lesson or 2.
Adelson already got what he wanted from Trump and his miserable son-in-law; the illegitimate move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem and unfettered taking of Palestinian lands in the occupied territory. They both deserve to end up in the same place eventually. Its hot down there...
Probably because Adelson can buy and sell Trump 20x over
Hillarious FakeNewsMedia POLITICO
Uuuhhhh, death warmed over x 3. This “thing” belongs in a wax museum, but in the basement behind the old shit.
Money laundering, casinos and Sheldon!
Sheldon Adelson is a fool.
I thought Trump was a billionaire who didnt need anyone else's money.... 🧾🧾🧾🧾🧾🧾🧾
Annonomous sources again ?
Sheldon Adelson did a good dead by keeping all his employees on salary when his casinos shut down. On the other hand, he was stupid enough to hand $20 million to Newt Gingrich, but perhaps not gullible enough to give the same amount to the Nitwit-in-Chief.
I love it when greedy, over-rich, crooked people like this have conflict with each other-couldn't happen to a better bunch of people
Seriously, Adelson should have asked Trump how much Trump has donated of his own purported billions to his own campaign and how much of Adelson’s donations went to buying Brad Parscales luxury lifestyle?
Always pushing false narratives. When will you be pushing real news?
I’m not sure which is the worst person
But in the end, Adelson will continue to donate to the most incompetent president in history, because Trump's policies will always favor the rich.
Trump is a welfare queen.
Quid pro quo life.
Trump burns bridges w Megadonor Sheldon Adelson. Remember, Adelson’s biggest asset are casinos in Macau in South China. Will Adelson switch sides this time around? reversethedystopia
Trump don’t give a shit about Adelson.... He’s THE PRSIDENT...His best friend is Putin....
No one should have this access to a POTUS. Color me shocked 😳 Trump didn’t realize how valuable a donor Adelson is or was?
'Republican party officials grew alarmed the president had antagonized his biggest benefactor, the people, by trying to cut unemployment benefits during a global pandemic' - Earth 71, where the US isn't a shit hole country
Maybe he will see what he did to this country by supporting such a man
Keep talking Trump, you are great at offending.
BS
More fake news! What... no phony hate poll to go along with your hit piece
I can’t express this more sincerely or eloquently: FUKC BOTH OF THEM
Pronounced “Sheld’n.”
I don't see where the problem is here. Surely Trump has stolen enough from the Treasury to self fund himself and besides if re-elected he would have 4 more years to repay himself and more.
My question is why is so much money needed to run for any Political office? Maybe for the Presidency but why so much money needed for State offices etc.?
Meh... if true, Adelson probably forgot about it by now
Good they need to break up
Trump loves the Yo Semites
Adelson should be smarter than Trump. He should know better than to support him. Trump is jealous of anyone that is really successful. Trump is a fake and he knows it.
The owner of Las Vegas Sands, one of the largest casino operators in the world and Trump donor. realDonaldTrump bites the hands that feed him. Inevitable ETTD reviewjournal
And trump grifting off the top of all his campaign contributions probably doesn’t help his fund raising efforts. He is stealing from his campaign just like taking cash from a cancer baby....
Just 45 being 45.
Buried the lede. How is this not about the system, one that allows one billionaire to wield so much power? This is what the 'money is speech' superpac nonsense predictably yields: '[Adelson,] the Las Vegas mogul — long regarded as a financial linchpin for Trump’s reelection '
Sheldon Adelson or whomever, it’s difficult to understand PEOPLE following a self- described genital grabbing man, found guilty of stealing from cancer charities and cheating on his wife with a porn star. Now wishing arrested child sex trafficker well. JUST NO!!!! NO!!! NO!!!!
cmarinucci No mention of the Lincoln Project in the article. they are doing outstanding ads against Trump.
Who s still missing?
Candidate sucks! Waste of their money if you ask me! Can you imagine the good the money can do in the world instead of backing garbage person?
Excuse me! Why do you press people have such disjointed thoughts? Trump said he’s filthy rich & would self fund, to claim independence ! How is it that a rich man like he claims is now begging donors for money and you fail to state that relevant fact in your piece? JoeBiden
'Calm down Sheldon...I said 'kite'...'kite'.' DJT?
Satan casting out Satan
During the Obama years Adelsons Las Vegas sands stock went from like 12 to 71, but Obama is evil😂😂😂
I want to make up ppl that heard things too
Isn’t it classic corruption to ask for a donation when someone talks to an officeholder about legislation? Corruption Bribery realDonaldTrump gtconway3d
Trump is not worth a cent. Please give ALL your money to ALL hospitals, worthy charities and education. Thank you.
Mr Adelson's wife the lady whom Trump awarded the US Medal of Freedom has since passed away & with his own health problems on top of Chinese pressure on his Malacca casino & his troubles with Bibi in Israel maybe Adelson just wants to fade away quietly
TIME TO BOYCOTT ALL CASINOS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS RACIST TRUMP. TRUMP DOESN'T CARE FOR THE AMER.PEOPLE. TRUMP RATHER SEE THEM SUFFER AND DIE. TRUMP RATHER SACRIFICE THE CHILDRENS HEALTH FOR HIS ECONOMY. RATHER GET MILLIONS FOR RE-ELECTION THAN GIVE $ TO PPL WHO NEED IT.
I will keep saying it for those in the back row and have been saying it since the beginning...”he will ultimately turn on every last one before it’s all over”.
Hope Sheldon decides he’s had enough. The rest of us have. Biden for President.
Bullshit flying wild now! trump total reversal (in verbage not action) on extention & eviction? Biden making stupid racial remarks? Wow are we now having a campaign?
America spends far too much money on campaigning.
“May have”...“Unclear if”... So this is an opinion piece?
Pure conjecture....
Good. Sheldon Adelson doesnt have American interests at heart.
🤣
So...Billionaries get tax cuts and not surprising, Trump expects them to give some of the $$ back to him for his campaign. Sounds like they got Trump on the ropes - they want him to kiss their rings 1st now.
Adelson already got his big tax cut. Now things are bad here in Vegas and he’s paying employees not to work. I’m wondering if maybe he’s not too keen on re-electing Trump.
Bite the hand that feeds you trump. Go ahead.😂😂😂😂
Maybe they’ll have adjoining cells in hell.
What was the heated convo? Nothing to see folks.
Lmao its like he isn't even trying to win anymore
Adelson cares about one thing: not being extradited to Macau. Got to think that Trump is trying to extort money from him. Adelson knows Trump is a sinking ship.
They have impaired the U.S.P.S. & have been successful at voter supression. The corporate Dems don't have the balls (or the will) to stop him. Why was he crasp with his mega donor? Because he doesn't need him. Looks like the set-up is in place. Bow to Dictator Trump, or revolt!
from the article: 'Republican strategist Ken Spain noted that 'neither candidate will lose because of lack of resources at this point,' but added: 'The Democratic donor class has coalesced & built a rival apparatus to that of the Trump campaign and its allies.' MoneyAndpolitics
casino business isn't particularly lucrative at the moment
Presidency First term is critical, this is why lobbyists exact heavy price from the president. Adelson milions of “donations” to Trump election earned him occupied East Jerusalem,in second term,Trump will be discarded. Biden turn to pay political price for the likes of Adelson.
ha ha ha such an asshole! Lmao
His ego won’t let him be nice to people
Why does Trump have ANY donors at this moment? ALL of them should be running away from him.
What did he say to him! He didn't know how much he had given, but you know he said something even more stupid.
Il n'y a pas de nouveau président Trump après la destitution!
Trump doesn't need mega billionaires money, he's richer than they are. realDonaldTrump's POTUS not them, because he's smarter. They can shove their money and kiss his ass.
La question même de savoir quel programme Trump est encore en discussion n'est-elle pas claire? Ou ne comprenez-vous pas qu'il ne sera plus élu au poste? Est-ce vraiment incompréhensible, vous gaspillez votre argent. Je vais'! pas votre fils Trump!
THE ART OF THE DEAL
He's bad at sucking up except for Putin.
looks like realDonaldTrump has turned into one of 'those' politicians, asking people for money. DrainTheSwamp?
Yeah, because not only does trump feel inferior to people with more money than he has, but Adelson is successful at casinos. Trump bankrupted three of them. His ego won’t let him do anything else but attack someone like this.
In the end Dr Frankenstein could not control his monster
Trump is just trying to ring every dollar out of donors to his campaign as there are only a couple of more months to funnel that money to him and his family.
Trump must be hurting his bottom line.
You lost me at “three people with direct knowledge of the call”...... what expenses do the JoeBiden have for him to sit in his basement? In a normal election you would be whining that he was taking to much $ from Adelson....
Who would give realDonaldTrump a dime ? If he is so rich let him spend his own money
“Unexpectedly” really? After the disastrous Axios interview and his mispronouncments this week?
You would think that a man that successful would realize how much of a nutcase Trump is! How can he support a fascist like that when in his Lifetime he survived another fascist - a diabolical little Austrian corporal Who caused a lot of mayhem and murder! Just don’t understand!!
Everything tRUmp touches turns to shit.
Campaigning from the People’s House. Will no one stop this guy?
This story is probably fake, I.e. no sources named.
This “man”was all about Kushner’s Mid East peace plan (goodnight moon) and ensuring the continued tax avoidance for his casinos. He is as opportunistic as TRUMP. The last 4 years have been an infomercial for miserable men, picked from that basket of deplorables.
IsraelHayomHeb
Hard to imagine a place hit worse by the Trumpvirus than Las Vegas. I bet Adelson is pissed! This is his worst investment ever. I hope he gets over his fear of liberals. He has brought a shanda to us.
Trump turning radioactive for his financial supporters. Any business that supports him risks boycott of his immotal, sexist, racist and white supremacist behaviors.
Adelson should read Mary L Trump’s book to find out more about Trumps views on antisemitism
Sheldon Adelson is a dummy for backing a failed trump.
Hahaha good ole realDonaldTrump can fuck up almost anything it seems
Good donors for to long have been holding the puppet strings for almost all of our politicians from the city level up. It’s criminal
Wow...Sheldon looks like shit...
Trump is trying to lose . . . . . . .
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