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Fight brews over Trump’s million-dollar campaign war chest

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19.03.2025

President Trump’s political operation is sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars, a staggering amount for a political figure who is term-limited.

The campaign stands to make much more when Elon Musk is reportedly set to give another $100 million.

That has raised the questions about just how Trump will go about using his enormous financial firepower in the months and years to come, a debate that is already playing out among some in the president’s orbit.

“The question about the war chest and what it’s being used for is a very big conversation that’s occurring,” one source familiar with the matter told The Hill.

Trump has maintained strong relationships with some of his biggest donors since winning last November’s election and has continued to raise money in its aftermath.

The president’s campaign apparatus has been converted to Never Surrender Inc., which is classified as a leadership political action committee (PAC) and ended 2024 with more than $27 million in cash on hand.

There is also MAGA Inc., the primary super PAC affiliated with Trump’s 2024 bid that hosted a high-dollar dinner with the president at Mar-a-Lago this month.

Musk, the Tesla CEO who has become one of Trump’s biggest boosters, is reportedly looking to give $100 million to Trump’s political apparatus, though it is not clear when or where it will be deposited.

Sources told The Hill that conversations are ongoing about how........

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