Miriam Adelson, Israeli-American casino mogul and Trump’s biggest donor
Ivan Kesic
PressTV
Israeli-American casino mogul Miriam Adelson is back in the news. The fifth richest woman in the world has emerged as a kingmaker in American politics following Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
The 79-year-old widow of Sheldon Adelson who was known for his empire of casinos and resort hotels across the United States, Miriam Adelson is the biggest donor to the Republican Party.
More importantly, she is a Zionist settler who was born and raised in the occupied Palestinian territories and has championed the cause of settler-colonialism through different means.
More recently, speaking at an annual conference organized by the Israeli daily Israel Hayom that she owns in the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds on Sunday, Adelson said Trump’s return to the White House “provides us (Israelis) with a tailwind.”
“Trump is the best president for Israel and the Jews, but he wants to engage with a united, energetic, rational, and successful people of Israel. He helps those who help themselves. He loves winners – and that's one reason why Israel is right to demand victory in this war. We deserve it. We need it,” she said.
According to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission in October this year, Adelson donated $100 million to a campaign committee supporting the candidacy of Trump. The money was distributed through four payments to her political action committee (PAC), Preserve America, with $25 million in July, August and September, and an additional $20 million at the end of September.
She thus became Trump's largest single donor, continuing a pattern of donations with her late husband during previous presidential campaigns of Republican candidates, including Trump.