US President Donald Trump holds private meetings with representatives of business elites in his Mar--A-Lesa estate in Florida for large cash contributions. As it became known to the Wired publication, businessmen can organize a personal audience with the head of state for $ 5 million.
Last Saturday, the so -called candlelight dinner took place in the residence, the participation in which guests cost $ 1 million per person. The invitations spread on behalf of Maga Inc. - The political committee, which supported Trump's election campaign in 2024. The document emphasized that "Donald Trump appears at this event only as an invited speaker and does not ask for funds or donations."
According to Wired sources, private meetings with the president are “grabbing like hot pies” in business circles. It is not clear where exactly the funds raised are sent, although one of the informed people claims that the money is going to create a presidential library that will be built after Trump left the post.
Similar “candle dinners” were carried out before Trump's inauguration, but at that moment his first presidential term has already ended and he was not yet chosen for a second term. According to The Washington Post, similar events took place on December 19 and January 19 - on the eve of the presidential inauguration - also at a price of $ 1 million per participant.
WireD quotes the words of Don Moganikhan, professor of state policy of the University of Michigan, who noted:
“I cannot recall that the current president collected funds of millions of dollars in the first weeks of his stay in position. The lack of ethical restrictions in the current administration of Trump is especially worried, where it seems that there is no clear border between his business and the presidency. ”