WASHINGTON<\/p>\n
Pro-Israel donor Miriam Adelson on Tuesday urged US President Donald Trump to run for another four-year term in office, suggesting that there may be legal avenues to doing so.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said, \u2018think about it, I\u2019ll give you another $250 million\u2019,\u201d Trump said alongside Adelson at a Hanukkah reception at the White House.<\/p>\n
Adelson, who has been one of the top political donors to Trump presidential campaigns, including in 2024, had said she discussed legal avenues for a third Trump presidency with pro-Israel attorney Alan Dershowitz, something critics say is barred under the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution.<\/p>\n
“I met Alan Dershowitz,” the 80-year-old said, addressing attendees after Trump called her on stage. Adelson said Dershowitz had discussed the legal aspect of another term.<\/p>\n
“I said, Alan, I agree with you. So we can do it. Think about it,” she told Trump, to which attendees chanted: \u201cFour more years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump had said Adelson had given his campaign $250 million, “indirectly and directly.”<\/p>\n
According to non-partisan website Open Secrets, Las Vegas casino magnate Adelson, poured $106 million into Preserve America, an election group that helped elect Trump in 2024.<\/p>\n
Trump also said Adelson\u2019s late husband, Sheldon, was a frequent visitor to the White House to discuss Israeli interests with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’d always say 10 minutes, it turned out to be about an hour and a half. And what he did is he fought for Israel,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Trump also turned to growing opposition to Israel in US domestic politics, including Congress, where he accused lawmakers of being “antisemitic.”<\/p>\n
“Fifteen years ago, the strongest lobby in Washington was the Jewish lobby. It was Israel. That\u2019s no longer true.<\/p>\n
“You have a Congress, in particular, which is becoming antisemitic. You have AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) plus three, you have those people, Ilhan Omar \u2026 you have to be very careful,” Trump said.<\/p>\n
Outspoken critics of Israel\u2019s government, Ocasio-Cortez and Omar have rejected accusations of antisemitism, asserting that their opposition is to Israeli policies rather than Jewish people.<\/p>\n