The saying “time is money, but money can’t buy time” has taken on a whole new meaning according to Donald Trump, who is attaching a value to a direct conversation with him. According to The New Yorker, a $5 million donation to MAGA Inc. can get a donor a private meeting with President Trump, but the ROI is still “uncertain.”
“What if he’s in a bad mood? You have no clue where the money is eventually going,” a government affairs executive said to the outlet. “Another lobbying veteran described the frank exchange as “outer-borough Mafia s***,” The New Yorker wrote.
A seat for a group dinner at Mar-a-Lago in December could also be purchased for a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the tabloid added. MAGA Inc. was referred to by The New Yorker as “a super PAC that serves as a war chest for the midterms.”
Following Donald Trump’s “private VIP reception” earlier this month, where 200 international investors in his $TRUMP meme coin had the opportunity to speak with the president directly, this revelation follows. The exclusive meal was denounced by Elizabeth Warren as an “orgy of corruption.”
Trump pardoned fellow billionaire Trevor Milton after taking office in January, after Milton and his wife gave him a substantial $1.8 million campaign donation. Amazon approved a $40 million documentary about Melania Trump, who is expected to receive a cool $28 million from the contract. Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon and another billionaire, once stated that he would “be humiliated to interfere” in journalism.
6/ Maybe the most brazen of it all – Trump starts selling meetings with him to CEOs with business before the White House. The price? $5 million. pic.twitter.com/2Mqv0ZvKkN
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 7, 2025
In order to resolve a legal dispute with Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, agreed to pay the president $25 million. But according to reports, Elon Musk is the millionaire who has profited the most. “But nobody has blended his empire with Trump’s more than the world’s richest person, Elon Musk. After spending nearly three hundred million dollars on the election, he was given vast powers to reshape the government,” wrote The New Yorker reporter Evan Osnos.
The 220 top buyers of Trump’s memecoin will have dinner with him at his golf club tonight.
The average price of admission is $1M per person.
Trump is literally selling access to government to the highest bidders.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 22, 2025
“As well as access to an office in the White House complex and, occasionally, an overnight berth in the Lincoln Bedroom.” “In a matter of weeks, the flood of cash swirling around the White House swamped whatever bulwarks against corruption remained in American law and culture,” Osnos continued.
“There have always been wealthy donors, of course. But a decade ago, no one on earth had more than a hundred billion dollars. Now, according to Forbes, at least fifteen people have surpassed that mark. Since Trump first took office, Musk’s net worth has grown from roughly ten billion dollars to more than four hundred billion.”
Here are some images of Trump meeting A-listed personalities:
