Michael Steele
speaker
930 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 11 Sep
Michael Steele’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Look, we all know Donald Trump doesn't have a whole lot of interest in the minutia, the details, the importance of public policy.
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But when it comes to the stuff he really cares about, well, like his pet projects, his businesses, the stuff that he gets, you know, money from that puts money, more money in his pocket.
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Trump becomes the ultimate micromanager.
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Now, let me tell you just a little story.
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Come in a little close.
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A long time ago, I was in a meeting with Donald Trump.
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And at one point, Ivanka Trump walked in with options for different paint colors for the bathroom walls of one of his hotels.
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Guess what happened?
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Trump stopped the meeting for a full 15 minutes as he looked through the different colors before settling on the one he liked.
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And folks, you better believe that was the color they used for those bathrooms.
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Now, I was thinking about that meeting today when I read this story from The Wall Street Journal about the fundraising operations Trump is micromanaging from inside the White House.
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They report that, quote, almost every night in the White House, President Trump calls his fundraiser, Meredith O'Rourke, for an update.
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Trump asks O'Rourke which companies and donors have cut checks and which haven't, and for how much.
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He often asks her to make much larger financial requests than she was planning.
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For some donors, the ask is $5 million.
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For others, it is $50 million.
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And the president gives her names to call, often including people who have recently met with him, according to people with knowledge of the calls.
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Now, even a president who's up for reelection should not be that intimately involved in his own fundraising operation.
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As a candidate, I can tell you, I wasn't.
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And we were raising some good money.
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