Why Some Billionaires Will Back Trump

that their money will be used not for the campaign but to pay his legal bills. So he has been wooing right-wing billionaires. I have no idea how successful he’ll be, but it seems highly likely ... Read More

Trump campaign to raise record-breaking $50M at billionaire dinner — doubling Biden’s NYC haul

“Folks, you know Trump is down in Florida today raising money from a bunch of hedge fund billionaires,” the president said in the 54-second clip. “This campaign is Scranton versus Palm Beach ... Read More

Billionaire whose firm backed Trump’s $175 million bond reveals how the deal came together

Hankey, who has supported Trump’s presidential campaigns, said initially he reached ... the Trump team eventually reached back out to Knight Specialty, according to Hankey. Read More

Billionaires Who Once Disavowed Trump Are Coming Crawling Back (Which Might Have Something to Do With Biden Vowing to Raise…

The shift reflects many conservative billionaires’ fears of President Biden’s tax agenda, which if approved would drastically reduce their fortunes. In some cases, it also points to their ... Read More

Billionaire John Paulson Explains Why He’s Raising $43 Million for Trump

John Paulson, the man famous for a big bet against subprime mortgages at his now-closed hedge fund, is luring other billionaires back into Donald Trump’s orbit to support his rematch against Joe ... Read More

Many GOP billionaires balked at Jan. 6. They’re coming back to Trump.

President Donald Trump, left, hands his pen to billionaire Isaac Perlmutter after signing an executive order in Washington in 2017. (Andrew Harnik/AP) The day after a pro-Trump mob stormed the ... Read More

The money is coming back to the Trump campaign

If there were any concerns that former President Donald Trump has lost his ability to raise money, the latest fundraising data from the campaign and the Republican National Committee should put ... Read More

How does cash back work?

“A lot of people may want to save some money but they don’t want ... Some issuers may allow you to receive your cash back as a check or deposit into a bank account. How to choose the right ... Read More

You suddenly came into money? Here's what to do.

BRAD SMITH: Certainly. And so let's kind of break this out into two areas here, the short term and the long term. Short term, a lot of people are immediately like, OK, well, I've got to pay off ... Read More

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