Meal with Trump cost Rs 9 crore, controversy erupted before oath, what is President's 'dinner politics'?

Washington DC: America's newly elected President Donald Trump will take the oath of office and secrecy on Monday, January 20. Preparations for his coronation are in full swing. However, before the swearing-in ceremony, Trump's 'dinner politics' remains much discussed in America. Actually, people have to pay a lot for a private dinner with Trump and Vice President JD Vance. It has been named Fundraising Dinner.

A report published in The Guardian claims that the ticket package at the dinner event organized to raise money has been divided into 5 different levels. The first ticket is worth 1 million US dollars i.e. around Rs 9 crore. Apart from this, the price of other tickets is $ 500,000, $ 250,000, $ 100,000 and $ 50,000. At the same time, big donors will have to spend double the money to meet President Trump and the Vice President at private events.

highest price 1 million dollars

Let us tell you that the highest price for dinner with Trump and JD Vance has been fixed at 1 million dollars. Donors in this tier of packages will receive two tickets to a dinner with Vice President-elect Vance and six tickets to a “candlelight dinner” with Trump. According to the report, many people have paid for this highest amount package. The Inaugural Committee has said in its report that so far around Rs 1700 crore has been collected from this dinner offer. Whereas a total target of Rs 2 thousand crore has been set.

Why is this private dinner special?

According to the report, an amount of 106 million dollars was raised in the dinner program held with the President in the year 2017. At the same time, in this program held before Biden took oath, an amount of up to 135 million dollars was collected. This time a lot of craze is being seen among people for dinner and meeting with Trump. At the same time, big industrialists are showing a lot of interest in talking to Trump. Technology leaders and various billionaires have increased their donations so they can build contacts with Trump and gain access to him when he returns to the White House.

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Where will this money be used?

Once the committee receives a donation, it has to donate the amount to a registered charity within 90 days. However, it is not clear how these funds are spent. There is speculation that Trump may use this money to finance his presidential library. There have been disputes regarding this money.