Let’s give Sheldon Adelson the benefit of the doubt and say that he is sincerely interested in bettering Israel.
Trump, Adelson told another Times reporter, “will be good for Israel.”
Why is Donald Trump his best option to give Israel a hand?
The casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson told Donald J. Trump in a private meeting last week that he was willing to contribute more to help elect him than he has to any previous campaign, a sum that could exceed $100 million, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge of Mr. Adelson’s commitment.
Couldn’t he just, like, give Israel a shitload of money himself and cut out the middleman?
Mr. Adelson, 82, the chief executive of Las Vegas Sands, is among the world’s wealthiest individuals and has given hundreds of millions of dollars to Republican candidates and causes over the years. In 2012, he contributed at least $98 million to Republican efforts, according to a study by ProPublica. But that money went to 34 separate campaigns and groups.
Wouldn’t that be a better way to go about this?
What does buying an Israel-friendly president get Israel that Sheldon Adelson’s kind of money doesn’t? The US only gives Israel like $4 billion dollars in aid; Sheldon Adelson could do that FIVE TIMES OVER and still have change left in his couch cushions to pay for dinner. He could buy Israel for himself, house by house, until he owned most of the country.
Or he could buy whatever he thinks Israel needs or wants, and ship it to Israel directly.
I get people who want to buy a mayor or alderman so they have somebody who owes them favors like fixing their streets and shit. But if you have Adelson’s level of wealth, why are you not just bypassing the entire political system? Isn’t that the point of being that rich? Like why even bother with politics? Just run right over the process, dude, and show up in Tel Aviv like the weirdest fairy godmother ever. Fly your big-ass plane over there and start granting wishes.
If I had Adelson’s kind of money and I cared about, let’s say, Holland — because that’s where my peeps is from — I could look at the presidential field and find a candidate who was Holland-sexual and give him a billion dollars on the assumption that he would then give Holland a billion dollars to do … Dutch stuff.
Or I could just start stocking up on tulip bulbs and weed myself.
The latter seems like a lot less work and a lot more fun.
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