By Katherine Tinsley
5:26pm PST, Mar 6, 2025
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Eating a meal with
Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago has become a hefty investment for select business professionals.
According to reports, affluent professionals paid $5 million to have a one-on-one meeting with the president at his Palm Beach, Fla., hotel.
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An invitation obtained by Wired revealed guests at a separate Mar-a-Lago event spent $1 million to reserve a seat at a reception Trump attended.
"You are invited to a candlelight dinner featuring special guest President Donald J. Trump," the invite read.
"Additional details provided upon RSVP. RSVPs will be accommodated on a first come, first serve basis. Space is very limited. $1,000,000 per person," it continued.
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Fans were asked to reach out to Meredith O'Rourke to confirm their attendance for the gathering (pictured).
According to her LinkedIn profile, O'Rourke is the National Finance Director and Senior Advisor for Donald J. Trump For President 2024, Inc.
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The letter clarified that the money wouldn't go directly to Trump.
"Donald J. Trump is appearing at this event only as a featured speaker, and is not asking for funds or donations," the correspondence read.
The gathering was Saturday, March 1, and was listed in the president's official calendar as the "MAGA INC. Candlelight Finance Dinner."
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Social media posts showed Trump,
Elon Musk and the Tesla CEO's son
X Æ A-Xii spending time with supporters at the opulent party at Mar-a-Lago.
Due to the rising demand to hang out with the president, one Trumpworld insider claimed tech and other industry giants waited too long to back the president.
"It's everyone else who missed the boat," the source told
Wired.
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It's still unclear what the millionaires' donations are going toward, but the rising demand to grab a bite with Trump could become an issue.
"I can't recall a sitting president in the first weeks of his administration asking for millions of dollars in fundraising," public policy professor at the University of Michigan Don Moynihan told the Wired.
"The concern is less about fundraising and more about access and influence. … People hoping to get favorable treatment view it in their interest to donate money to Trump," Moynihan explained.
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Trump stepped down from all management roles at the Trump Organization back in 2017, but his ambitions in the real estate world and the White House could be blurred.
"Part of what is worrying," Moynihan stated, "is the lack of ethical guardrails in the current Trump administration, where there doesn't seem to be a clear line between Trump's businesses and the presidency."
