Casino Magnate Adelson Endorses Donald Trump For President

Source: Financial Times

Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate, voiced support for Donald Trump, giving the property mogul a boost on the same day that Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, refused to endorse the presumptive Republican nominee.

Mr Adelson, who was the single largest Republican donor in the 2012 election, said he would back Mr Trump after he beat the other 16 GOP contenders in what was the most competitive Republican primary race in modern US history.

“Yes, I’m a Republican, he’s a Republican,” Mr Adelson told the New York Times when asked if he would back Mr Trump. “He’s our nominee ... He was one of the 17. He won fair and square.”

Mr Adelson is the highest profile Republican donor to back Mr Trump. He was the biggest financial contributor in the 2012 election, mainly because of his support for Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, in the GOP primary. He did not support any candidate in the primary this year, although he was heavily courted by many contenders.

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Newt Gingrich: 'I Would Listen Carefully' If Trump Calls About VP

WASHINGTON —
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is not doing anything to put a stop to rumors that he could be a potential running mate for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Gingrich was one of the first people to predict that Trump would win the GOP nomination.

In an exclusive interview, Gingrich told Channel 2’s Justin Gray that if Trump calls about the vice presidency, he'll listen.

“Look, I have no idea what his thinking is right now. I don't have any interest in the sense that I'm going to go out and try to become his vice president. I would obviously have to listen carefully if he called. He's an old friend and I think any time a potential president calls a citizen, a citizen owes them an obligation,” Gingrich told Gray.

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