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The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly

Trump charges $250,000 for midterms forum – to boost his own Super Pac

Donald Trump with Melania Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort on New Year’s Eve 2019. Trump has his eyes on the 2024 election, when he has strongly hinted he will run again.
Donald Trump with Melania Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort on New Year’s Eve 2019. Trump has his eyes on the 2024 election, when he has strongly hinted he will run again. Photograph: Reuters

Donald Trump will charge top-paying guests $250,000 to attend a “Take Back Congress Candidate Forum” at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this month – with proceeds going to his own Super Pac, rather than Republicans who will actually try to take back Congress.

Nor is the top price tag, which guarantees a private dinner and picture with Trump as well as VIP seating at the forum, necessarily the full cost for any couple who chooses to pay it. On Twitter on Wednesday, the New York Times reporter and Trump watcher Maggie Haberman said: “$250k lets you pay for a Mar-a-Lago guest room.”

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