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Billionaire donors will be asked to shell out more than $800,000 (£630,000) for a seat at Donald Trump’s dinner table this weekend, as the former president ramps up a fundraising war with Joe Biden.
Mr Trump expects to rake in $43 million from Saturday’s Palm Beach event after making personal phone calls to rally big-money Republicans.
The figure would dwarf the $26 million his Democrat rival raised at his New York event with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, which was dubbed the “most successful political fundraiser in American history
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John Paulson is hosting Donald Trump's fundraising dinner at his Palm Beach home
John Paulson is hosting Donald Trump's fundraising dinner at his Palm Beach home Credit: UPI / Alamy/alamy
Susie Coen
US Correspondent
04 April 2024 7:14pm BST
Billionaire donors will be asked to shell out more than $800,000 (£630,000) for a seat at Donald Trump’s dinner table this weekend, as the former president ramps up a fundraising war with Joe Biden.
Mr Trump expects to rake in $43 million from Saturday’s Palm Beach event after making personal phone calls to rally big-money Republicans.
The figure would dwarf the $26 million his Democrat rival raised at his New York event with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, which was dubbed the “most successful political fundraiser in American history”.
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Melania Trump, who has been notably absent from her husband’s campaign so far, will be attending this weekend’s event, which is being held at hedge-fund billionaire John Paulson’s $110million Florida home.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump’s former political opponents, Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy and Doug Burgum are billed as “special guests”
Donors can shell out $814,600 for “chairman level” tickets to the “inaugural leadership dinner”, the first major fundraiser since Mr Trump clinched the GOP nomination.
