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A new report in *The Atlantic* shows that despite President Donald Trump's campaign having ended a year ago, he has not stopped fundraising — and is now sitting on a $2 billion windfall.

"I want you to keep going," Trump told his top fundraiser Meredith O'Rourke the morning after he won his second term, The Atlantic reports.

Trump's second inaugural committee raised $241 million, "about $90 million more than organizers needed to fund the events — and nearly four times as much as Joe Biden had raised for his own inauguration, in 2021. But that was just the beginning," write Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker.

Trump, they write, wanted money for "political operations that many politicians support," but he also wanted it for "technically apolitical causes."

Among those causes, they write, include those that "offered corporations and wealthy individuals a chance to make tax-deductible contributions, including a dramatic White House renovation, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (now under his control), his presidential library and a celebratory Army parade on his birthday."

"By August, Trump estimated that he had collected at least $1.5 billion since the election, more than all the money raised to support his 2024 campaign over two years, including funds raised by supportive independent super PACs," they report.

That amount is now near $2 billion, according to two people who spoke with the authors anonymously.

"Trump has kept careful track of the money coming in, regularly calling O’Rourke late at night for updates," according to the report. "He monitors who is giving, who is not, and the role of lobbyists who bundle donations, those familiar with his efforts told us."

"At times, the actual donation amount is less important to the president than the percentage of the donor’s overall assets. He thanks the most generous benefactors at swanky events at the White House and his clubs," they add.

"Trump and his aides cast donations to his political groups or priorities as acts of patriotism," they write.

Much of this windfall comes from companies or people who have business with the government, they report, including defense contractors, crypto investors and tech companies.

"A select group of companies and executives — Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Coinbase, Palantir CEO Alex Karp — are top donors to multiple Trump projects," they note.

None of this, they say, is normal, and "nothing on this scale was ever attempted by a sitting president prior to Trump."

"And he’s just getting started. He hasn’t stopped,” a third anonymous source tells them, “and I don’t anticipate that we will stop.”

Trump's "relentless fundraising" has alarmed ethics watchdogs, they write, despite Trump advisors saying his donations are merely from those who "support his political agenda."

Media and technology companies that Trump has sued, they report, "have collectively made $85 million in payments to some of his pet projects in order to settle the lawsuits," including Paramount and the parent company of YouTube.

“There are people being asked to do 10-to-25-million-dollar checks for the ballroom, for the inauguration, for the presidential library,” another person familiar with the requests tells The Atlantic. “That spigot is never going to close, ever. This is just the cost of doing business. They will write a multimillion-dollar check to avoid the $2 billion lawsuit. It’s a business decision.”

Trump continues to raise money for his library, and for the midterm elections in 2026, they say, but he is also collecting "funds for a dark-money group, Securing American Greatness," they write.

Trevor Potter, a former Republican chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) who now runs the Campaign Legal Center, tells The Atlantic in a statement, "While it is not unusual for lame duck presidents to fundraise for their Libraries, what we are seeing from President Trump in his first year of office is shockingly unprecedented."

“The president’s seemingly insatiable drive for money from corporations and billionaires seeking government favors (or merely hoping to procure protection from Trump attacks on their business interests) sends a clear signal to everyday Americans that their needs come far behind those of the ultrawealthy who are buying access and favor," Potter adds.

The corruption of Donald Trump and his children points to something deeply menacing - Alternet.org

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Elon Musk has told the White House he plans to give $100 million to President Trump's political operation, according to a person familiar with his plans.

Why it matters:The contribution is unheard of in both amount and type: Musk, who is technically a special government employee, is the world's richest person.

Zoom in:Trump's political team has set up a pair of organizations: MAGA Inc. and Securing America's Greatness. It is not clear if Musk will give to either of those two groups, or if he plans on giving to another one that will be controlled by Trump's team.

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By Alex Isenstadt

05/31/2024

Former President Donald Trump’s White House bid is getting more financial backup — this time, from a dark money group.

Securing American Greatness, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, this week began running aTV ad in Pennsylvania accusing President Joe Biden of downplaying inflation.

“Is it dishonesty or dementia?” the commercial says, a jab at the president’s mental acuity — a centerpiece of Republican attacks against him. “Either way, to fix inflation, Biden has to admit it’s bad.”

The group is spending $2 million to air the ad over a seven-day period, according to a person familiar with the plans who was granted anonymity to speak freely.

Securing American Greatness, which is being run by Trump ally Taylor Budowich, is one of several pro-Trump outside groups working to boost a campaign that is running at a financial disadvantage to Biden’s. As a so-called dark money group, the nonprofit can support and oppose candidates — as long as electioneering isn’t its primary activity — and can raise unlimited funds without disclosing its donors.

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Budowich also oversees the principal pro-Trump super PAC, MAGA Inc. Another super PAC, Right for America, is being funded by Trump friend and former Marvel Entertainment executive Ike Perlmutter, and is receiving additional fundraising help from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. And on Thursday, a third pro-Trump super PAC emerged: Preserve America, which is being bankrolled by casino billionaire Miriam Adelson.

Securing American Greatness faces more restrictions than the super PACs on how it can spend its money. But the outfit could be appealing to some donors. While Trump has drawn support from billionaire donors, he has long faced resistance from some in the well-heeled Republican contributor class, who may prefer to donate without their names being disclosed.

It is not unusual for candidates to benefit from dark money groups. The primary pro-Biden super PAC, Future Forward, has a nonprofit arm called Future Forward USA Action.

Trump’s campaign is hoping that the spending from outside groups will help him close a nagging cash shortfall he is facing against Biden. At the end of April, Biden’s campaign had $84 million cash on hand, compared with Trump’s $49 million. But that gap could close. Trump’s political operation on Friday said it had raised nearly $53 million in the aftermath of the ex-president’s conviction in the New York hush money case, a massive sum.

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Leading International Survey Research and Strategic Consulting Firm. Veteran GOP Pollsters/Strategists Tony Fabrizio and David Lee. RT doesnt = agreement.

[### Musk plans to give Trump's political operation $100 million

Axios

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Mar 11, 2025 — President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit. White House senior adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk ...

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[### Trump's secret power protection plan: A $500 million war ...

Axios

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Mar 10, 2025 — The cash is just one piece of a bigger power play that's arguably the most powerful, well-funded political apparatus ever.

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Mar 10, 2025 — and Securing American Greatness—to reward loyal Republicans and target dissenters in the 2026 elections. The strategy, amplified by Elon ...

[### Top Trump pollster moves from super PAC to the campaign

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Apr 2, 2024 — Veteran Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio, a longtime ally of Donald Trump who has been involved in his political operation for years, is joining Trump's ...

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[### Susie Wiles, Tony Fabrizio, and Chris LaCivita are the best ...

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[### How Trump Targeted Undecided Voters Without Breaking ...

The New York Times

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Shane Goldmacher is a national political correspondent who covered the 2024 presidential campaign. Dec. 5, 2024. Donald J. Trump's super PAC called them the ...

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[### Trump Aides LaCivita, Fabrizio Join Group Backing His ...

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Dec 23, 2024 — Chris LaCivita, who was Trump's 2024 campaign co-manager, and Tony Fabrizio, the operation's pollster, will be joining Building America's Future as senior ...

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[### There's a new dark money group supporting Trump

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May 31, 2024 — The group is one of several Donald Trump is relying on to help overcome Joe Biden's financial advantage.

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[### Top Trump aides join group prepping to shore up support ...

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Dec 23, 2024 — One of Trump's campaign managers in the 2024 election, Chris LaCivita, along with his campaign's chief pollster Tony Fabrizio are joining 501c4 ...

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