- Trump’s April 6 fundraiser in Palm Beach will be hosted by hedge fund manager John Paulson
- Trump is playing catch-up with Biden when it comes to campaign money
- Members of Trump’s Cabinet will also be a big event
Donald Trump wants to break Joe Biden’s record $25 million fundraising haul with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton with a huge fundraiser of his own at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
The April 6 fundraiser in Palm Beach is hosted by hedge fund manager John Paulson and is expected to raise $33 million. Financial times reported.
“The response to our fundraising has been overwhelming and we have raised over $33 million to date,” Paulson told the newspaper. ‘There is enormous support among a broad spectrum of donors. The dinner is relatively small in nature and we are almost at our limit.’
Donald Trump is playing fundraising catch-up with Joe Biden
The list of 38 co-chairs includes people who served in Trump’s Cabinet, including former ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson, and billionaires from Las Vegas to New York.
Those who give $814,600 per person can sit at Trump’s dinner table, and those who give at least $250,000 will get a photo with Trump and a “personalized coffee table book ‘Our Journey Together.’
Some of Trump’s vanquished rivals — including South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy — will participate in the event. They have all now supported the former president.
Trump is playing catch-up in the fundraising game. The former president is also facing enormous legal bills.
His campaign and his Save America political action committee, two key committees in his political operation, reported raising a combined $15.9 million in February and ended the month with more than $37 million.
Biden’s campaign, meanwhile, raised $53 million last month and ended February with $155 million. This includes his joint fundraising with the Democratic National Committee.
Meanwhile, Biden will take the stage at Radio City Hall in New York on Thursday evening with his former presidents Obama and Clinton.
The trio of leaders are interviewed by the CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert.
The Office and The Mindy Project stars Mindy Kaling is set to emcee. A-listers such as Vogue editor Anna Wintour will be in attendance.
Donors at the Democratic bash will be entertained by musical guests Lizzo, Queen Latifah, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo and Lea Michele.
And those willing to donate more than $100,000 to the Biden campaign can have their photo taken with all three presidents.
Those who donated at the $250,000 and $500,000 levels will receive special invitations to separate receptions with the presidential trio.
President Joe Biden arrived in New York on Thursday with former President Barack Obama
Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will take part in a fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall (above) that will raise $25 million
Donald Trump’s April 6 fundraiser in Palm Beach is hosted by hedge fund manager John Paulson (above)
Some tickets sold for as little as $250. There will be 6,000 guests in attendance and the fundraiser is sold out.
Trump on Thursday attended the aftermath of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller at the Massapequa Funeral Home on Long Island.
Diller was shot and killed while on duty in Queens on Monday.