Meet Miriam Adelson, the billionaire GOP donor who's given $100 million to support Donald Trump's campaign

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Miriam Adelson, 79, was calved and raised successful Israel and became a expert specializing successful supplier addiction.

After her mandatory subject work successful nan Israel Defense Forces, during which she served arsenic a aesculapian officer, Miriam Adelson studied microbiology and genetics astatine Hebrew University successful Jerusalem, according to Jewish Virtual Library. She past earned her aesculapian grade from nan Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences successful Tel Aviv and served arsenic main internist successful an emergency room astatine Tel Aviv's Rokach Hospital.

In a 2023 video pinch International March of nan Living, a Holocaust remembrance organization, Miriam Adelson said astir being nan girl of Holocaust survivors and treating different survivors pinch numbers connected their arms arsenic a expert successful Israel.

She joined Sheldon Adelson, who served arsenic president and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, successful 1991.

Miriam Adelson met Sheldon Adelson, CEO and president of nan Las Vegas casino company, while visiting Rockefeller University successful New York connected an speech programme focused connected treating supplier addiction.

A assemblage dropout and serial entrepreneur, Sheldon Adelson founded various businesses early successful his profession earlier cementing his luck done waste and acquisition shows. COMDEX, nan Las Vegas exertion waste and acquisition show he launched successful nan 1970s, became a immense occurrence pinch attendance peaking astatine astir 225,000 people, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. SoftBank bought COMDEX and different smaller shows for $862 cardinal successful 1995, and Adelson utilized nan payout to statesman building his edifice and casino empire.

Both Sheldon Adelson and Miriam Adelson had antecedently been married, and some had divided successful nan 1980s.

They wed astatine nan King David Hotel successful Jerusalem, Hadassah mag reported. They stock 2 sons.

The Adelsons contributed hundreds of billions of dollars to Republican campaigns and ace PACs.

Politico reported that Miriam Adelson was nan apical female philanthropist successful nan 2012 predetermination — when incumbent president Barack Obama faced Republican campaigner Mitt Romney — giving astir $46 cardinal to Republican ace PACs, while Sheldon Adelson donated astir $50 million.

The New York Times reported successful 2021 that nan Adelsons' contributions to GOP campaigns and organizations had totaled astir half a cardinal dollars since 2010.

Through nan Adelson Foundation, they donated ample sums to Jewish and Israeli organizations.

Established successful 2007, nan Adelson Foundation's ngo is to "strengthen nan State of Israel and nan Jewish people," according to its website.

The instauration has fixed $500 cardinal to nan Birthright Israel Foundation, which provides free trips to Israel for Jewish young adults. The Adelsons besides donated $25 cardinal to Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust museum, successful 2011, and $10 cardinal to Friends of nan IDF successful 2018.

The Adelsons person established 2 constituent maltreatment curen and investigation centers, 1 successful Tel Aviv and 1 successful Las Vegas.

Miriam Adelson besides bought a mostly liking successful nan Dallas Mavericks from Mark Cuban successful 2023.

Cuban sold his mostly liking successful nan Dallas Mavericks for astir $3.5 billion, but remains a number owner.

She has been an ardent protagonist of erstwhile President Donald Trump.

In 2016, nan Adelsons donated complete $38 cardinal to Republican ace PACs and legislature campaigns, including a $10 cardinal publication to nan pro-Trump ace PAC Future45, according to OpenSecrets.

When Trump was elected, Sheldon Adelson donated $5 cardinal to thief money nan inauguration festivities, and Miriam Adelson served arsenic a finance vice-chair of nan event.

As president, Trump carried retired items connected nan Adelsons' Israel agenda. He announced that nan US would formally admit Jerusalem arsenic Israel's superior successful 2017 and moved nan US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem successful 2018. He besides withdrew from nan 2015 nuclear woody pinch Iran.

In a 2019 article for Israel Hayom, an Israeli regular newspaper that she owns, Miriam Adelson praised Trump's support for Israel and floated nan thought of adding a "Book of Trump" to nan Bible.

The Adelsons were Trump's biggest donors during nan 2020 election cycle, contributing $120 cardinal to Trump's run and GOP groups.

Trump awarded Miriam Adelson nan Presidential Medal of Freedom successful 2018.

Trump garnered contention for comparing nan Congressional Medal of Honor to nan Presidential Medal of Freedom.

"It's nan balanced of nan Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian type — it's really overmuch amended because everyone gets nan Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers, they are moreover successful very bad style because they person been deed truthful galore times by bullets aliases they are dead," Trump said of awarding Miriam Adelson.

Trump later clarified that erstwhile he said nan nation's highest civilian grant was "better," he meant that it is little achy to beryllium awarded since recipients don't "generally person to suffer."

Following her husband's decease successful 2021, she remains 1 of Trump's biggest donors.

Sheldon Adelson died successful 2021 astatine property 87 owed to complications related to curen for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Miriam Adelson has continued to donate to philanthropic and governmental causes. Ahead of nan 2024 election, she has donated $100 cardinal to a pro-Trump ace PAC and made respective nationalist appearances pinch nan erstwhile president.

In September, Miriam Adelson called Trump "a existent friend of nan Jewish people" while introducing him astatine an arena successful Las Vegas focused connected antisemitism.

In his reside astatine nan event, Trump said that "the Jewish group would person a batch to do pinch nan loss" if he loses nan 2024 predetermination and said astir his narration pinch Sheldon Adelson.

"Her hubby would thrust maine crazy," Trump said to Miriam Adelson. "'You person to do this. You person to do that.' You don't cognize what I had to put up with."