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Haley Donors in Mar-a-Lago Country

News from the Four Seasons Palm Beach summit: Ken Griffin’s cri de coeur, Marc Andreessen’s return to Washington, Tim Draper’s latest Haley check, and the Trump skeptics’ five stages of grief.

Ken Griffin said he “supported” Nikki Haley, employing the past tense, which suggested that a donation had already been made.
Ken Griffin said he “supported” Nikki Haley, employing the past tense, which suggested that a donation had already been made. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Theodore Schleifer
January 31, 2024

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On Tuesday afternoon, at around 2:00 p.m., a small army of G.O.P. officials, billionaires, and their attachés gathered at the Four Seasons in Palm Beach to hear from the two masterminds behind the last Republican presidential candidates standing. There was Betsy Ankney, the crafty campaign manager for Nikki Haley, who is racing to secure more money to continue her fight with Donald Trump. But the more surprising attendee preceded her: It was Trump’s own venerated campaign chief, Susie Wiles, who presumably drove the four miles down Ocean Boulevard from Mar-a-Lago to walk them through her slideshow.