Former President Donald J. Trump supports a group whose officials say it will aim to fight the sprawling democratic donor network, the Democracy Alliance. This is Trump’s most recent attempt to shape and campaign for Republican fundraisers since leaving the White House.
The group, known as the America Alliance, will urge donors to make annual dues and commit to giving $ 100,000 to candidates and organizations recommended by the umbrella group. This is evident from internal documents and people who are familiar with the plans. Mr Trump has asked Michael Glassner, the former chief operating officer of the 2020 Trump re-election campaign, to become the chief executive officer.
The new group will recommend making contributions to companies founded or partnered with Trump allies, as well as organizations affiliated with Mr. Trump, including a proposed Super PAC and his own multi-candidate PAC.
Internal documents for the group, reviewed by the New York Times, contain a notice that No. Employees “are paid on a commission basis.”
Mr Trump said in a statement to the Times that the group – as well as its own candidate committees and party committees – was a way to gain a foothold against Democrats.
“Republicans have been at a fundraising disadvantage for years, but now we’re going to beat the Democrats at their own game thanks to Save America, Make America Great Again PAC, the America Alliance, our fine party committees, and all of our other support groups,” said Mr. Trump.
The group was originally conceived by Caroline Wren, a professional fundraiser who worked for officials like Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and worked on the former president’s re-election campaign. When it was first given to donors weeks ago, some aides to Mr Trump said he was dissatisfied with its existence because it competed with other groups he supported and that he hadn’t signed it. Since then, he has become aware of the idea of a new group that, according to official information, will focus on grassroots activities and donations to other organizations.
Mr. Trump decided to install Mr. Glassner at the top of the structure, with Ms. Wren working for Mr. Glassner as a senior advisor along with a number of other senior executives and a board of directors of a dozen advisors.
Ms. Wren has told strategists that she has met more than 100 donors in the past five months and has repeatedly heard a wish that these types of businesses can channel money more effectively.
Mr Trump’s move comes as the Republican donor class enters an intermediate and new presidential cycle in which the Republican National Committee, Congressional committees, and individual candidate committees vie for donor support.
Mr. Trump’s Political Action Committee, Save America, has nearly $ 90 million in store, raised mostly in the weeks following the November 3 elections, which he falsely claimed were stolen from him. The former president has repeatedly drawn lots for fundraisers at his private club, Mar-a-Lago, for candidates seeking his support.
