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The Trump Donors Come in From the Cold

Over the next few days, two Republican confabs may provide a final moment for the donor elite to take a breath and decide how much more money they are willing to let Nikki Haley burn before accepting reality.

Major Republican donors, whose interests and economic persuasions have defined the party since the Reagan era, are at a crossroads this week.
Major Republican donors, whose interests and economic persuasions have defined the party since the Reagan era, are at a crossroads this week. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Theodore Schleifer
January 24, 2024

Over the next week, some of the country’s wealthiest Republicans donors will gather behind closed doors at a pair of fancy hotels on opposite coasts for two prescheduled, high-minded conferences to compare notes and grapple with the question: How much more of their time and fortune are they prepared to bestow upon Nikki Haley’s long-shot presidential campaign?