Billionaire Miriam Adelson Plans to Give Millions to Help Trump
- Adelson withheld financial support during Republican primary
- Billionaire and late husband gave $90 million to Trump in 2020
Donald Trump, back, presents Miriam Adelson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in 2018.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergMiriam Adelson, one of the wealthiest women in Republican circles, intends to donate to Donald Trump, according to people briefed on the matter, giving the former president a huge financial boost heading into the November election.
Adelson plans to donate millions to Preserve America, a super political action committee supporting Trump. Federal records show Adelson and her late husband, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, gave $90 million in 2020. She plans to give at a similar level this cycle, according to a person familiar with her thinking. Preserve America is anticipating raising even more than the $105 million it had last election, according to another person familiar with the group’s fundraising.