Online Gambling Zealot, Casino Mogul Sheldon Adelson Tells Trump to Tone it Down
GOP nominee Donald Trump has met with Republican mega donor and casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who advised the candidate to tone things down.
Adelson, who has worked with other Republican politicians in an effort to quash efforts at legalizing online gambling in recent years, reportedly sent an email to Trump.
From Fox Business:
Adelson wrote in the e-mail that Trump should focus on major political issues that he believes could help him narrow what appears to be a growing polling gap with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, such as the slow-growing U.S. economy under the watch of her old boss, President Obama, and these embarrassing disclosures about the Clinton campaign and Hillary Clinton’s dealings with major banks found in a recent WikiLeaks document dump.
It was not immediately clear as to whether Trump responded to that email.
Adelson, who contributed substantially to Newt Gingrich’s US Presidential campaign in 2012, has only given $10 million to the Trump campaign. The casino mogul has shifted much of his attention to Senate races.
“Adelson is doing what everyone is doing—he’s running away from Donald Trump,” said Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf. “If the polls are right, no one wants to be around a dead body or a losing candidate.”
