President Trump brags about being subservient to his Israeli mega-donor Miriam Adelson, says she loves Israel more than the U.S.

Trump salutes mega donor Miriam Adelson for help shaping US decisions on Israel​

By Howard Goller October 13, 2025 3:49 PM GMT+2

Oct 13 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, in a speech to Israel’s parliament, spotlighted mega-donor Miriam Adelson’s outsized influence on U.S. policy toward Israel, recalling her frequent White House visits with her late husband, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.

Sheldon Adelson, who died in 2021, assembled the world’s largest casino empire as head of Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS.N), opens new tab and put much of his fortune into nurturing conservative politicians and policies in the United States and Israel.

Both Adelsons have been known for their philanthropy and business ventures in Israel and donations to Jewish causes.

She loves Israel,” Trump told the Knesset on Monday, crediting the couple with shaping decisions like his 2017 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his 2018 move of the U.S. embassy to the holy city, and his 2019 endorsement of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights.

Gesturing to Adelson, an Israeli-born physician and a major donor to his presidential campaigns, Trump said, “Stand up, Miriam,” before recounting how the Adelsons would regularly call and visit him in the Oval Office.

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Promises Made, Promises Kept (to Israel)​

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Oct. 14, 2025

President Trump gave a speech before the Knesset on Monday touting his subservience to the Jewish state and praising the influence of Israel First GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson and her late husband, Sheldon.

From Antiwar, “Trump Suggests One of His Biggest Donors Cares More About Israel Than the US”:

“I’m gonna get her in trouble with this one, but I actually asked her once, ‘So, Miriam, I know you love Israel. What do you love more? Israel. The United States or Israel?’ She refused to answer. That might mean Israel,” the president said.

Miriam’s late husband, Sheldon Adelson, was also a major contributor to Trump’s previous presidential campaigns, and Trump credited the couple for pro-Israel moves he made in his first administration, including recognizing the Israeli annexation of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

“Miriam and Sheldon would come into the office, they’d call me. I think they had more trips to the White House than anybody else I could think of. Look at her sitting there so innocently, she got $60 billion in the bank … and she loves Israel,” Trump said in his Knesset address, which Miriam attended.

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