Michael Steele
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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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And Donald Trump is not up for reelection as well.
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He's in his second term as president.
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He has no more campaigns to run.
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But the man is still taking time out of his day, a lot of time, to make sure that some of America's richest people and corporations are giving him money that he can play with.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, SoftBank donated $50 million towards Trump's presidential library.
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Apple cut a check for around $25 million towards his White House ballroom project, while Microsoft
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gave around 10 million, and Amazon chipped in around five.
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$5 million, according to people familiar with the contributions.
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That's almost $100 million just right there.
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Meta Platforms recently gave $10 million to a Trump-aligned political committee, people familiar said, on top of a multimillion-dollar donation to the ballroom and a prior $22 million payment to the planned presidential library.
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As the journal notes, no sitting American president has ever raised these amounts for his pet projects.
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And what are those companies getting in return for all that money that Trump is meticulously keeping track of?
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Well, I think this anecdote tells you everything you need to know on that front.
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In May, Trump held a meeting with tobacco executives at his Florida golf club.
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Okay.
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His fundraiser, Meredith O'Rourke, who is not a government employee, sat in on the meeting.
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Trump took in millions of dollars in contributions from those companies for his political committees.
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And shortly after, after that meeting, Trump's FDA lifted restrictions on flavored vaping products, just what those companies had been asking for.
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Now, I know what you're thinking.
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I know where you're going with this.
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