The Republican rush to court Trump – and to pay for the use of his properties – is proving highly profitable. According to the Washington Post, attendees at the 400-person banquet planned for Saturday paid more than $100,000 each to attend.
Trump is still a draw on the right. Nonetheless, debate continues over his place in a party he led to victory in one presidential election but then shepherded to defeat in another while losing the House and the Senate after four years of chaos and two impeachment trials.
His spokesman, Jason Miller, told the Post he was still “the biggest name in politics”.