Posted on 08/28/16
| News Source: VIN
New York - US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson met privately last week, The New York Times reported, at the St. Regis Hotel in New York.
There has been a financial standoff between Adelson and the Republican Party since May, when the businessman pledged $100 million to Trump’s campaign. Though promised, neither Adelson nor his wife Miriam have contributed to Trump, groups supporting him, or the Republican National Committee since.
The New York Times noted that Adelson may still be apprehensive about which super PAC should be the vehicle of his donation, and that would account for the delay, but a source told The Guardian that Adelson had been “irked by a lot of things” regarding the Trump campaign, including the fact that he pressed for the candidate to visit Israel which he has not done.
Or maybe Adelson met with Trump to encourage him to be a bit more humble. Five republicans who were briefed on the meeting but not authorized to speak on it publicly told the New York Times that Adelson, who has long been one of the party’s largest donors, told Trump he was committed to his campaign, but urged the candidate to demonstrate “a measure of humility.”
The Times’ chief indicator that Adelson succeeded is...read more at VIN