Funding for US election campaigns reaches huge figures. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on organizing and advertising, especially in swing states. Despite collecting less than its competitors, Donald Trump Gained significant support especially from entrepreneurs Elon Musk, for his campaign in the 2024 presidential election.
The owner of Tesla, SpaceX And the social network formerly known as Twitter, however, is not the first donor to Donald Trump’s campaign. That title goes to a little-known entrepreneur, heir to a wealthy Connecticut banking family: Timothy Mellon.
Musk and Mellon, Trump’s billionaires.
Organization website Open Secret Collected data on campaign donations for both candidates in the US elections. It’s not just about direct donations, which are very limited, but also those tied to candidate positions for Pacs and especially Super Pacs. The Super Pac They allow wealthy individuals to donate large amounts of money, but in theory they cannot coordinate with the campaign of the candidate they support.
Donald Trump is primarily supported by three major donors, who combined to give the former president’s campaign just under $200 million. In third place Open Secret Report SpaceX, The company that builds and launches space rockets for NASA and other companies, owned by a South African-born American billionaire. Elon Musk.
SpaceX donates $74,950,000 to America PAC, a super PAC that supports Donald Trump and of which Elon Musk is an important representative. The businessman’s presence at several of the former United States president’s rallies has solidified his support for the Republican campaign, however, he is by no means the first supporter.
There is actually only one person who donated. $125 million to Donald Trump: Timothy Mellon. This name is not known to most people, but he is one of the richest men in America. A billionaire, he hails from a wealthy and historic banking family from Connecticut, a region known as New England in the northeastern part of the United States.
Born in 1942, he has always supported conservatives and during the 2024 election campaign, he financed not only Donald Trump but also an independent candidate. Robert F. KennedyWho then withdrew by declaring his support for Trump.
A drug clinic that donated $100 million.
Donald Trump’s second largest donor, totaling $100 million, is a drug addiction treatment clinic. There Adelson Clinic on Drug Abuse Treatment and research have provided $100 million to the former president’s campaign. Behind the company is one of Trump’s historic supporters: Mary Adelson.
Married to Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire organizer of Las Vegas, one of the world’s first and most important IT fairs, Comdex, Miriam is an Israeli publisher. In addition to the clinic that donated 100 million dollars. Donald Trump, In fact, he works with the newspaper Israel Hum.
He is one of the main supporters of the Republican campaign for the 2024 election among Jewish voters, a very present community in America, even if they are now largely secularized. Donald Trump He awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018, one of the most important civilian honors in the United States.
