Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson is already at work on behalf of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“I’m asking for your support” for Trump, Adelson wrote in an email Monday to more than 50 Republican Jewish leaders. Adelson told them he had met with Trump recently and is “specifically convinced he will be a tremendous president when it comes to the safety and security of Israel.”
Trump has work to do in winning over the Republican Jewish Coalition, which includes many top party fundraisers — and Adelson’s note may help smooth the way. He’s a major funder of the group and an influential part of its board of directors.
Most RJC members backed other Republican candidates over Trump in the primary contest, and some have been put off by Trump’s divisive comments and ideas, such as temporarily banning all Muslims from entering the country.