Trump says the mega-donor, who spent more than $100m to help him win the 2024 US presidential election, ‘loves Israel’.As United States President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to celebrate the Gaza ceasefire deal, he saluted American diplomats, generals and regional states involved in the agreement.Miriam Adelson, a pro-Israel mega-donor, also received a shout-out from the US president on Monday. Trump noted that she has “$60bn in her account” and that “she loves Israel”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Look at her sitting there so innocently,” he said.“I’m going to get her in trouble with this — but I actually asked her once, ‘So Miriam: I know you love Israel. What do you love more, the United States or Israel?’ She refused to answer. That means that might be an issue, I must say,” he added, to dimmed laughter in the chamber.Adelson, a Las Vegas casino magnate, poured $106m into Preserve America, her pro-Trump super PAC, an election group that helped elect Trump last year.On Monday, she sat in the gallery at the Knesset and received a standing ovation as Trump praised her support for Israel, noting she had taken “more trips to the White House than anybody else”.From doctor to kingmakerBorn in Tel Aviv in 1945 after her parents immigrated from Poland, Adelson trained as a physician specialising in addiction treatment.In 1991, she married Sheldon Adelson, a self-made casino billionaire who had built the Las Vegas Sands into a gambling empire with resorts across Asia and the US.When they married, Miriam already …
