What Billionaire Miriam Adelson’s Campaign Spending Could Mean for U.S. Policy in Israel

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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To date, Miriam Adelson has donated over $200 million to various political campaigns. “She is effectively a queen,” reporter Elizabeth Weil writes in her New York Magazine article about the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the richest Israeli and eighth richest woman in the world. As Trump’s top patron in 2020, Adelson has recently announced her intention to channel more than $100 million to this year’s Trump reelection efforts. But what will she want in return? Some speculate Adelson will begin with insistence on complete support for Israel and a continuation of Trump’s Israel agenda from last term, including backing Israel annexing the West Bank. We’ll talk with Weil about Adelson’s 30 billion dollar worth, and what it could mean for this campaign season and our foreign policy. Guests: Elizabeth Weil, feature writer, New York Magazine; author of the New York Magazine article "Miriam Adelson’s Unfinished Business: What does the eighth richest woman in the world want?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.3	The From KQED From KQED From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal. Miriam Adelson is one of the richest women in the world following her marriage to the late casino magnet Sheldon Adelson.
0:58.2	Her political donations are astronomical, already reaching over $200 million to right-wing causes with the 2024 election coming up.
1:07.7	So what does Miriam Adelson want? asked writer Liz Weil in a New York magazine feature.
1:13.4	The answer is obvious. Support for a hardline policy in Israel from the Trump administration.
1:19.8	We'll talk about what that might mean and how it would differ from present policy. That's all
1:24.5	coming up next right after this news.
1:43.8	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. In New York Magazine, writer Liz Weil, has a new feature about one of the richest people in the world and the mega donor of mega donors in American politics, Miriam Adelson.
1:51.7	The story is called Miriam Adelson's unfinished business, and Liz joins us this morning to walk us through this investigation into Adelson's political influence.
2:00.1	Welcome.
2:00.6	Good morning. So tell us a little bit, who is Mir into Adelson's political influence. Welcome. Good morning.
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