{UAH} THERE IS A DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT COMING UP

Dinner with Trump costs $1 million a plate at MAGA Inc. fundraisers

Marc Caputo

Alex Isenstadt

US President-elect Donald Trump (C) speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 09, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

 

President Trump's super PAC is charging as much as $1 million a plate for fundraisers that feature the president, two sources familiar with the events tell Axios.

 

Why it matters: The eye-popping figure shows Trump's political operation is hell-bent on banking as much as $500 million this summer, as Axios previously reported, in order to push his agenda, help allies and punish foes.

 

A Saturday invite for the MAGA Inc. super PAC advised donors it would cost $1M to reserve a seat at the "Candlelight Dinner." WIRED first reported the detail, which Axios independently verified.

The super PAC has another upcoming fundraiser that similarly advises donors to kick in the same amount of money, one Republican familiar with the planning said.

Between the lines: It's unusual for a sitting president who is termed out of office, as Trump is, to maintain a giant fundraising operation.

 

Most super PAC fundraisers have far lower thresholds for donors than the $1 million set by MAGA Inc.

Federal fundraising rules for announced candidates limit coordination between super PACs and campaigns, but recent presidential campaigns have found more ways to blur the lines.

In the room: MAGA Inc's "Candlelight Dinner" included casino mogul Miriam Adelson, the widow of the late Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.

 

MAGA Inc. is part of a broader network of pro-Trump groups, including Never Surrender, a leadership PAC, and Building America's Future, a nonprofit group with ties to Elon Musk.

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