DoomsdaysCW<p>January 2021: Trump's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaire</span></a> Enablers: The 63 Billionaires Worth $243 Billion Who Bankrolled Trumps Re-Election Bid </p><p>"IPS found that as of January 8, 2021, these 63 billionaire <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Victory Fund donors have combined wealth of $243.7 billion dollars (using real-time estimates from Wealth-X and Forbes). This is more than the wealth of the bottom half of all U.S. households combined, an estimated 159 million people.</p><p>"The top ten billionaire donors to the Trump Victory Fund, with combined wealth of $82.6 billion, are:</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gas</span></a> pipeline magnate Kelcy Lee Warren, worth $2.9 billion, gave eight donations totaling $2,248,906.<br>- Retired CEO of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marvel</span></a> Entertainment, Isaac Perlmutter, is worth $5.8 billion and donated $1,871,200.<br>- Telecommunications mogul Kenny Troutt, worth $1.5 billion, donated $1,849,000.<br>- Biotech investor Robert Duggan, worth $2.6 billion, donated $1,638,200 to the Trump Victory Fund. In the final days of the campaign, Duggan gave $4.6 million to various Trump campaign groups, according to Forbes.<br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Casino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Casino</span></a> magnate Steve Wynn, worth $3 billion, contributed over $1,523,500.<br>- Casino owner, Phillip Gene Ruffin, worth $2.3 billion, donated $1,375,000.<br>- Owner of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ABCSupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABCSupply</span></a>, the giant home supplier, Diane Hendricks $8 billion (Forbes), donated $1,175,000.<br>- Casino megadonor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SheldonAdelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SheldonAdelson</span></a>, and his wife Miriam Adelson, worth over $35.9 billion (Forbes), contributed $1.16 million, along with massive donations to other Republican PACs and candidates.<br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Banker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banker</span></a> Daniel Andrew Beal, worth $7.5 billion, gave $1,161,200.<br>- Software entrepreneur David Duffield, worth $13.3 billion, donated $1,151,600.</p><p>Other notable billionaires to the Trump Victory Fund include:</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackstone</span></a> CEO Stephen Schwarzman, worth $20.9 billion, who gave $355,000.<br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnsonAndJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnsonAndJohnson</span></a> heir Robert Wood Johnson IV, worth $2.5 billion, contributed $575,000.<br>- Hedge fund manager John Paulson, worth $4.2 billion, donated $831,372.<br>- Heir to the cosmetic fortune, Ronald Steven <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lauder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lauder</span></a>, worth $5.2 billion, gave $100,000."</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/01/12/trumps-billionaire-enablers-63-billionaires-worth-243-billion-who-bankrolled" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/newswire/2021</span><span class="invisible">/01/12/trumps-billionaire-enablers-63-billionaires-worth-243-billion-who-bankrolled</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FollowTheMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowTheMoney</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a></p>