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Donald Trump Committee Offers $1 Million Packages for Inauguration Donors
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November 29, 2016 | 03:40PM PT

Donald Trump’s inauguration committee is offering a series of high dollar donor packages for his inauguration in January, including a $1 million package that includes a candlelight dinner with the incoming president and vice president and up-close seating at a series of events that week.

According to a packet obtained by Variety, those who give $1 million or more to the committee will receive four tickets to a “leadership luncheon,” an event with cabinet appointees and House and Senate leadership; 4 tickets to an “intimate dinner with Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Mrs. Karen Pence”; eight tickets to a “ladies luncheon,” with an “opportunity to meet the ladies of the first families”; eight tickets to a victory reception, billed as a “victory reception”; eight tickets to a “candlelight dinner” with appearances by the Trumps and the Pences; eight tickets to an inaugural concert and fireworks on the National Mall; eight tickets to the inaugural parade; and “premier access” tickets to a black-tie inaugural ball.

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What about the inauguration on January 20 itself? Those tickets are handled by a congressional committee and are not part of the package, but the inaugural committee assures that it will have access to tickets. The package also does not include hotel rooms, but donors will get “priority booking” for up to eight rooms. There is no mention made of Trump’s new Washington D.C. hotel, which is in a prime location just blocks from the White House.

The inauguration committee is taking contributions not just from individuals but corporations, just as President Obama did for his second inauguration in 2013, according to the Center for Public Integrity. Obama’s team accepted donations only from individuals for his first inauguration, and capped donations at $50,000. CPI also obtained the pitches to inaugural donors.

A spokeswoman for Thomas Barrack, who is chairing Trump’s inaugural committee, did not immediately return a request for comment.

Other packages are being offered for six-figure sums, but with fewer tickets and less access to signature events.





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宣誓就任在即 特朗普就职仪式筹款一个亿？
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　　美国候任总统唐纳德·特朗普将于２０日宣誓就任。

　　为了这场就职活动，他的团队已经筹款将近一亿美元，创了纪录，而且有望继续增加。“慷慨解 囊”的不乏美 国大企业，包括被特朗普点名批评在总统专机项目中“敲竹杠”的波音公司。

　　【没有最多，只有更多】

　　美联社１３日报道，特朗普的总统就职委员会已经为就职典礼筹得创纪录的９０００多万美元( 约合６.２亿 元人民币)，比现任总统贝拉克·奥巴马两届就职典礼筹得的总和还要多。

　　２００９年奥巴马的首任就职典礼筹得５５００万美元(约合３.８亿元人民币)，２０１３年 的连任就职典 礼筹得４３００万美元(３亿元人民币)。奥巴马就职委员会的主管史蒂夫·克里根感叹，９０００ 万美元实在太 “奢”了。

　　“我们筹办了两场美国历史上最大的就职典礼，即使这样，花的钱也远不及这个数，”克里根说 ，“我无法想 象他们（特朗普团队）将如何花掉那么多钱，也不明白为什么他们还在继续筹款。”

　　虽然有巨额捐款，但是就职典礼及相关活动仍有相当大一部分需要公款支付。美联社大概算了一 笔账，搭建面 积９００多平方米的典礼台花费将近５００万美元；负责宣誓仪式、午餐和军队检阅活动的委员会将 获得１２５万 美元经费；国会警察的加班费就高达２５０万美元。超过５０００名军人和７５００名国民警卫队员 将参加就职活 动。２００９年奥巴马就职时，军方花掉２１６０万美元。另外，华盛顿市长缪里尔·鲍泽表示，市 政方面至少需 要投入３０００万美元，不过联邦政府将会全额报销。

　　针对这笔巨款如何花费，特朗普就职委员会眼下卖起关子。特朗普就职仪式首席策划汤姆·巴拉 克透露，特朗 普团队希望就职仪式不要呈现出一种“马戏团式氛围”，而应以“回归工作”为主基调。特朗普就职 委员会发言人 鲍里斯·埃普施泰因说，就职委员会将举办多场“世界顶级”活动，“全球每一个角落都可以收看到 ”。特朗普本 周表示，就职仪式当天将会“人山人海”，同时将是“非常非常优雅的一天”。

　　埃普施泰因表示，如果筹得的钱没花完，将用于慈善事业。不过美联社说道，特朗普先前所作的 慈善捐款承诺 中，一些往往没有。

　　【金主都有谁】

　　特朗普就职委员会将在就职典礼后９０天内公布捐款者名单。眼下已经知晓的企业赞助方包括美 国飞机制造巨 头波音公司和大型能源企业雪佛龙公司，分别出了１００万美元和５０万美元。

　　特朗普当选后点名批评波音公司，称其承造的新“空军一号”总统专机价格高达４０亿美元，“ 贵得离谱”， 威胁要取消订单。

　　电信巨头美国电话电报公司也表示，除了向就职典礼贡献资金，还提供物质支持，比如通信服务 。

　　美国无党派研究组织阳光基金会负责人亚历克斯·霍华德指出，特朗普就职委员会已经成了“希 望捐款并能影 响到总统的企业和个人的主要媒介”。（王逸君）



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7439471.html



Donald Trump inauguration: President-elect looks to raise record sums from corporate interests

Attendance records could also be broken with as many as 3 million coming to see Trump sworn in

David Usborne New York
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Friday 25 November 2016 16:03 BST

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Donald Trump’s transition team is aiming to raise a record $65 million to $75 million to help pay for the inaugural celebrations in January but it won’t be done without at least compromising the spirit of his pledge to “drain the swamp” of special and corporate interests in Washington DC.

Whereas President Barack Obama placed serial restraints on the sources of funds for his first inauguration in 2009, limiting donations from individuals to $50,000 and banning donations from corporations or labour unions as well as lobbyists, the rules of the game this time are set to be entirely more relaxed.

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Sources close to the Presidential Inaugural Committee have told the Associated Press that Mr Trump will set a $1 million limit on donations from corporations and no limits for money from individual donors. Money will not be taken from registered lobbyists, however.

There are few opportunities as tempting for wealthy donors and business interests to curry favour with an incoming administration than the swirl of an inauguration day.

But avoiding the impression that business interests are essentially buying their way into the good books of a new president becomes all the harder as restrictions on what they give are eased. And that clearly does not sit easily with Mr Trump’s avowed intent of cleaning up the pay-for-play merry-go-round that has marred the reputation political Washington.

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Even Mr Obama’s more puritan approach did not survive when it came to his second inauguration in 2013 when the crippling cost of his re-election campaign meant money for the celebrations that traditionally accompany the formal swearing in ceremonies on the National Mall was scant. That time he set no limit on corporate or individual donors.

The inauguration has joined the myriad of tasks now facing Mr Trump as days to his assuming office tick by. On Friday, he remained at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, continuing to consult with aides and allies about appointments to his cabinet.

He also continued to field telephone calls from foreign leaders, including in recent days those of Greece, Hungary and Panama, the transition team said.

A tug-of-war continued to rage between different factions of the Trump inner circle over Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, as his preferred pick for Secretary of State. A renegade faction, including his top strategist Kellyanne Conway, has been pushing back in public for him to go with Rudy Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York instead.

If Mr Trump ends up harvesting more money than any previous incoming American leader - Mr Obama set the bar in 2009 when he raised $53 million in 2009 - he is likely also to draw the biggest crowds that Washington DC has ever seen for an inauguration.

Whereas 1.8 million people streamed into the city to witness the swearing-in of America’s first black president in 2009, the Trump team has said it is expecting to see between 2 and 3 million to be on hand on 20 January to see Mr Trump take the oath of office.

Work building the traditional platform astride the western steps of the Capitol building has already been under way for weeks. There is also progress on erecting the stands from where Mr Trump and his wife, Melania, will view the inaugural parade close to the White House.

So far the inaugural committee is planning only two official balls that would require the attendance of Mr Trump and Melania. That compares with the 9 official inauguration balls that marked the celebrations in 2009. That doesn’t mean, however, that there won’t be a whole slew of other non-official balls that will doubtless be put on either by states or other organisations, including news outlets.

In 2009, for instance, one of the hottest tickets of the night was the Huffington Post inaugural ball. Held in the Newseum near Congress, it featured a performance by Sting and was later named the social event of the year by Washington Life Magazine.

@RollingStones @MickJagger play at TRUMP inauguration. Could bring in newer listeners.
61 million supporters. Trump is the best and so r u.
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Another potentially tricky issue for the inaugural committee is luring musical talent not opposed to Mr Trump's election to perform at the two official balls. Earlier this week, a statement by one committee member that Sir Elton John had agreed to play was subsequently vigorously denied by one of his representatives.

Much of the cost associated with the day will in the end land on the shoulders of the taxpayer. It is the government that pays for the swearing-in itself and the parade down Pennsylvania. Amongst the most expensive items: security provided by platoons of secret service agents and police officers, many drafted in from other cities for the day.
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Security may be of even more importance this time than in the past, first because of the heightened terrorist threat but also because organisers fully expect a large contingent of anti-Trump protestors to join those who voted for him descending on the city.

Discussions are already under way, for example, whether efforts should be made to restrict the access of protestors to public areas around Mr Trump’s just-opened hotel in the Old Post Office Building which stands directly on the route of the inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, a step that freedom of speech advocates say would be an affront.

That issue is already before an Appeals Court in Washington DC.





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