Seething over ’ big , huddled with donors at an intimate, high-dollar fundraiser in Aspen, Colorado Saturday night, struggling to catch up to his opponent’s record-smashing campaign haul. The small event in Aspen, in which couples had to pony up $500,000 to serve on the host committee, stood in stark contrast to the overflowing crowds seen at Harris rallies throughout crucial swing states that will decide the outcome of the 2024 election. The tony fundraiser, which drew about 100 guests, was held at the home of , who owns Rugger Management, a private investment firm based in Palm Beach, Florida, and wife Any Phelan.
One donor who attended the fundraiser Saturday evening told The Daily Beast that the former president appeared “anything but rattled” and “not angry at all.” By contrast, just days before, Trump appeared visibly shaken, his words meandering, as he faced invited reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday. The rosy description also was at odds with a depicting an embittered and self-described “angry” Trump and an Axios story painting Trump as nearly .
In fact, the source at the Aspen fundraiser described Trump as “funny” and “disciplined.” Perhaps because, unlike the ritzy last week, where Trump lingered over dinner in unscripted conversation with donors as he railed against Democrats and the media, he did not sit with dinner guests on Saturday. Instead, Trump posed with donors in a photo line that moved along fairly quickly so that the former presi.