GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson plans to do whatever it takes to help Trump win with $100 million PAC
- Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson could end up having a blank check for how much she plans to give in support of Donald Trump.
- The Adelsons donated nearly $90 million to a pro-Trump PAC in 2020.
- Miriam Adelson could be Trump's biggest financial booster by Election Day.
Billionaire Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson appears to have a blank check policy when it comes to her support of former President Donald Trump, as she aims to help get him back to the White House.
Adelson's political aide Andy Abboud was overheard telling attendees at a campaign event at Trump's golf club in Bedminster, N.J. on Thursday that whatever Trump needs from Adelson, he's going to get in support from his boss, according to Abboud and a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
This person and one other in this story were granted anonymity in order to speak freely about private matters.
"We're going to do whatever it takes for him to win," Abboud said in a brief phone interview on Friday with CNBC, confirming his comments overheard at the event. "In her [Adelson's] mind, and in the minds of those who run the political action committee [Preserve America], we are going to do whatever it takes for him to win."
He noted that the money from Adelson in support of Trump will not necessarily be unlimited and did not provide a firm number for how much the businesswoman might give toward backing Trump.
The Preserve America super PAC, which Adelson is helping fund, plans to spend more than the over $100 million they put up against President Joe Biden during the 2020 election, said David Carney, who is a senior advisor to the committee, in a statement to CNBC. Adelson has already given $5 million to the PAC, according to Federal Election Commission