Trump has embraced the big-money donor world he once shunned

[DonViejo]

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee
July 2 at 3:41 PM

There was the exclusive dinner at the Georgetown home of a tobacco heir and the soiree at the McLean residence of the developer of the Watergate complex. More recently, men in suits and women in cocktail dresses sipped drinks in the luxurious ballroom of Washington’s Trump International Hotel.

At each gathering, the guest of honor was President Trump. And the people there to celebrate him were some of his wealthiest supporters, who in the case of the hotel fete wrote six-figure checks to hear him crack jokes and discuss his agenda in a rarefied setting.

Even as Trump holds court in large arenas filled with thousands of cheering supporters, he also has been giving rich financiers and business executives up-close access, helping cultivate the kind of big-money outfit he once derided. The effort is intended to boost his favored candidates in this year’s midterms — and to bolster his own reelection prospects.

The money is flowing to America First, an independent operation stocked with former Trump aides that aims to scoop up $100 million through two entities, with the bulk of the funds so far flowing to a nonprofit arm that is not required to disclose the names of its donors.

The chase for wealthy backers is exactly what Trump denounced on the campaign trail in 2016, saying it made candidates “psychologically” beholden to donors and declaring it was “not going to happen with me.”

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[lapfog_1]

1. he never actually "shunned it"

it's just now with the spotlight on him, he has to switch to American big money criminals instead of his old crowd of big money criminals

[SamKnause]

2. He has never shunned big-money donors.

That was a lie he told his cult followers.

They bought it hook, line, and sinker like they do all of his lies.

[Phoenix61]

3. He's loving every minute of it

He's finally being accepted by the ultra rich who wouldn't have give him the time of day before.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Of course

You don't think he's going to pay his way himself.

[FakeNoose]

5. He only shunned the big money donors world

.... when people were asking HIM for donations. Now that he's asking everybody else - and getting the dough - he loves it all of a sudden. It's just another money-grab for the First Family of Grifters.