Former president is enjoying some success in courting sceptical funders but some, such as Peter Thiel, have spurned his advances
Donald Trump’s efforts to court and cajole rightwing billionaires into financing his presidential campaign are bearing fruit as even sceptical conservative mega-donors face up to the prospect he will again be the Republican candidate.
Trump is winning back some donors who supported him four years ago but then gave their money to the former US president’s primary rivals this year, fearing he will again lose to Joe Biden in November or the chaos that will ensue if he wins. But some other former ultra-wealthy supporters, including the tech billionaire Peter Thiel, have spurned Trump’s advances.
Trump’s campaign is pushing the inevitability of his victory over the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, the last remaining challenger in the Republican primaries, in order to shift the focus to the general election as he pursues Wall Street and Silicon Valley money.
… Who are you referring to?
Possibly Nikki Haley, who basically would never stand a chance in the Republican Party of today or basically ever without going by a nickname as her first name because a huge amount of Republicans would never vote for her if they are too cognizant of the fact that she has a foreign sounding first name?
You cannot possibly mean DeSantis, can you?
Yes, Haley may still be viable if Trump goes to jail.
You can throw that out. She made a statement that she would pardon Trump if elected.