{"id":2245326,"date":"2024-05-15T16:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-fundraiser-from-silicon-valley-donates-1m-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T16:45:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:45:38","slug":"democrat-fundraiser-from-silicon-valley-donates-1m-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-fundraiser-from-silicon-valley-donates-1m-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley Democrat Gives $1M to Trump Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-fundraiser-from-silicon-valley-donates-1m-to-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245326&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tech adviser Jacob Helberg, a substantial Democratic donor, has shifted allegiance to\u2064 support Donald Trump for the 2024 election. Helberg donated\u200b $1\u200d million to Trump&#8217;s re-election effort, becoming a key financial\u2062 supporter. His move reflects a \u2064growing shift in Silicon Valley towards Trump,\u2063 citing agreement on crucial issues like China. This transition underscores a\u2063 broader trend of disillusionment with Biden among Democratic supporters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tech adviser Jacob Helberg, who has donated large sums to Democrats, has joined a wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-liberals-dumping-massive-amounts-of-money-into-georgia-senate-runoffs\/\" title=\"Hollywood Liberals Dumping Massive Amounts Of Money Into Georgia Senate Runoffs\">big money<\/a> donors rejecting President Joe Biden and supporting former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helberg has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dolly-parton-has-turned-down-medal-of-freedom-awards-from-trump-and-biden-for-different-reasons\/\" title=\"Dolly Parton Has Turned Down Medal Of Freedom Awards From Trump And Biden, For Different Reasons\">donated  million<\/a> to Trump\u2019s re-election effort, making the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-google-can-record-your-voice-how-to-switch-feature-off\/\" title=\"Article: Google's Voice Recording Feature - How to Disable it\">tech adviser<\/a> one of the largest financial backers of Trump\u2019s bid to win back the White House in November. Just four years ago, Helberg was using his money and influence to support Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg\u2019s doomed campaign for president, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/14\/trump-donors-tech-jacob-helberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helberg is one of a cadre of high-powered Silicon Valley businessmen who have warmed to Trump recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe social cost of supporting Trump isn\u2019t as great as it was,\u201d Helberg said of Silicon Valley society, many members of which see that \u201cTrump was right on a lot of make-or-break issues for America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After the Post reported Helberg\u2019s contribution to the Trump campaign, Helberg posted on X: \u201cThis one\u2019s for Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This one\u2019s for Israel. \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YR1lb0aM9Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/YR1lb0aM9Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobhelberg\/status\/1790720385874305263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helberg has given $844,600 to the Trump 47 joint fundraising committee, joining a small group of donors who have maxed out their contribution to the Trump group. By March, at least 20 others had given the limit to the group as well, according to FEC filings reviewed by the Post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helberg and Trump agree on a number of issues, but mainly China. The tech adviser and the former president bonded recently at Trump\u2019s Florida resort Mar-a-Lago over the need to take an adversarial approach to China on trade, Tiktok, and other issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helberg\u2019s drift toward Trump is part of a trend of Democratic supporters who, disenchanted with Biden\u2019s presidency, have taken a second look at Trump and like what they see, given the circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump\u2019s former ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said that he has spoken with many Jewish donors who are skeptical of Trump, but with Biden\u2019s tilt away from Israel, have given the Republican candidate a second look, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/the-rise-of-the-never-bidens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Free Press<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere is clearly a change going on, people who are active in politics with big money, people who were never Trumpers or reluctant \u2018hold your nose Trumpers\u2019 are telling me that Trump has to win,\u201d Friedman told The Free Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban wrote an email to two Biden aides last week warning against the president\u2019s increasing antagonism toward Israel amid its war against Hamas. Saban criticized the president for holding up munitions to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEven beyond Israel,this [sic] sends a terrible message to our allies in the region ,and [sic] beyond,that, [sic] we can flip from doing the right [thing] to bending to political pressure,\u201d Saban wrote. \u201cLet\u2019s not forget that there are more Jewish voters, who care about Israel,than [sic] [Muslim]  voters who care about Hamas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban wrote an email to Biden&#8217;s aides Steve Ricchetti &#038; Anita Dunn about Biden&#8217;s decision to put on hold a weapons shipment to Israel: &#8220;Let&#8217;s not forget there are more Jewish voters who care about Israel than Muslim voters who care about Hamas&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HdeI9iOL3W\">pic.twitter.com\/HdeI9iOL3W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarakRavid\/status\/1788612451266674747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech adviser Jacob Helberg, a major Democratic donor, defies the trend by backing Donald Trump for 2024. Helberg&#8217;s $1 million donation to Trump&#8217;s campaign marks a significant shift from supporting President Joe Biden. As one of Trump&#8217;s top financial supporters, Helberg makes a bold statement in the political arena<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2245327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Jacob-Helberg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Jacob-Helberg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}