Trump's Le Cirque Fundraiser Pulls in $5 Million
By Zachary Mider and Margaret Talev
September 26, 2017, 10:25 PM EDT Updated September 27, 2017, 6:44 PM EDT
President Donald Trump helped raise an estimated $5 million for Republicans Tuesday as he dined privately in New York with some of the biggest names in U.S. finance and real estate.
About 150 people attended the event at New York’s Le Cirque restaurant, according to a Republican National Committee official who requested anonymity because the event was private. Tickets cost a minimum of $35,000, and $250,000 per couple bought access to a private roundtable with the president. A $100,000 donation guaranteed “VIP access” to Trump.
Among those seen entering the venue were casino mogul Steve Wynn; John Catsimatidis, the supermarket billionaire; and Brian Ballard the Florida lobbyist. Also on a guest list for the event were real-estate tycoons Steven Roth and Howard Lorber, Elliott Broidy, Roy Bailey and Stanley Chera, according to a person who saw the list.
Republicans are gearing up fundraising efforts as they prepare to defend House and Senate majorities in next year’s midterm elections. The New York dinner was held just before polls closed in the Republican primary for a Senate seat in Alabama, where Trump’s favored candidate, Luther Strange, lost to an anti-establishment conservative.
While the president has “made some mistakes,” Catsimatidis had said earlier, donors are happy with the change in tone Trump brought to the White House.
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