Donald Trump’s relationship with the Republican Party’s donor base has always been rocky, but Sleepy Joe talks about how it all comes together on a variety of policy issues, from Israel to the border to the economy to crime. – Biden seems to be trying to hand the 2024 election to a four-time indicted orange man, which has become less so these days thanks to his endlessly stupid policies.
True, Biden is weak and highly unpopular because he has done a terrible job over the past four years, but aside from Trump’s various legal issues, he brings some advantages to the November campaign.
Much of it has to do with money, perhaps because Mr. Trump has had difficulty raising money from big Republican donors in the past.
Consider what I first reported last week. Ken Griffin, billionaire Citadel investment director who supported Nikki Haley in the primary, is likely to sit out the presidential election because he doesn’t like Trump’s 2020 election denialism and discord. said a person close to him. .
Mr. Griffin is said to be concentrating his efforts on the Senate seat because Republicans have a good chance of winning the Senate and some House races.
Another billionaire Republican donor, Steve Schwartzman of private equity firm Blackstone Group, has not decided what he will do in the presidential race, in part because he was once close to Trump. This can be seen from the fact that he served as a management advisory board member for Mr. Trump.
He, too, has concerns about President Trump’s approach.
But for the rich men (and women) of the Republican Party, polls matter. Because they work in big business and finance, they have a vested interest in cozying up to the Trump regulatory state.
The combination of Trump’s strong poll numbers and Biden’s political and policy shortcomings will make it easier for him to compensate for Republican donor bases that were once reluctant to support Trump. someone told me recently.
It remains to be seen whether Griffin will have a change of heart or whether Schwartzman will return to Trumpland. They certainly don’t support Biden’s status quo, and Trump will win them over.
But many other Trump-hating Republican finance figures believe a Biden second term would mark a dangerous turning point for the country. It’s not just because Biden may not be elected and his successor, like Kamala Harris, will be in charge.
They believe Biden will fully embrace his inner progressive if given four more years.
No matter how high the tax rate is, it is not enough. Israel will be forced to surrender to the terrorists because it is beholden to the left wing of the party.
One big Republican donor who was courted to donate hundreds of grand to a Donald’s Palm Beach fundraiser hosted by hedge funder John Paulson said, “Republican donors who personally disliked President Trump… “I saw them saying they were coming back into the party,” he said.
“Based on what I’m seeing in terms of who’s funding it, the Palm Beach incident is going to blow up. If this trend continues, funding won’t be an issue for Mr. Trump,” he said. I want you to believe me on this.”
Saturday’s event is expected to raise at least $43 million.
That’s nearly double the revenue Biden made from his tone-deaf fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall two weeks ago. At the venue, Sleepy Joe & Co. (hosted by Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Stephen Colbert) raised about $26 million, causing a traffic jam at the venue. Disparaged New York’s Finest mourning the death of NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller, who was killed during a routine traffic stop in Midtown.
bad optics
Biden and Radio City’s powwow was held on the same day as Diller’s wake.
Yes, horrible optics and limousine liberalism at its worst.
But it highlighted the differences between the two major political parties and the two men running them.
While Mr. Biden is hyping, Mr. Trump attends Mr. Diller’s wake and says left-wing Democratic prosecutors and civil servants seeking to defund the police and empty prisons have devastated major cities. He spoke strongly about the need to control crime.
“It was a masterful behind-the-scenes maneuver by Mr. Trump,” said another Republican political consultant who is skeptical of Mr. Trump.
Knowing what I know about Trump, the ugly side and the very good side, I believe that the undercover show was not the real motive for his participation.
Biden, a moderate-turned-progressive, has the least integrity of any major American politician. When he’s not getting furious over relatively small things, he’s fumbling his lines.
When he’s not fumbling through his lines, he’s reading them like a robot.
Trump emphasizes integrity, and he doesn’t need an Adderall shot to get through a State of the Union address or attend a wake and speak from the heart.
Officer Diller’s murder was “sad and horrific in so many ways,” he said, adding that he would sign the law in honor of Officer Diller’s wife and family who attended the service, as well as the elite members of the New York City Police Department. I knew he meant it when he swore. Imposing the death penalty for those who kill police officers and ending the defunding craziness are all anti-crime policies advocated by the Biden party.
Sure, the rich Republicans have misgivings about the orange guy, but as the past four years have proven, the alternative is far worse, so that word will go a long way in winning them back. ing.
