Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson in 2018. (Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
She is said to shape Donald Trump’s American policy towards Israel. That she was behind the American embassy's move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018, a coronation that the president had promised her two years earlier when this staunch Zionist injected a campaign donation of $20 million. She also relentlessly works behind the diplomatic scenes to free Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip.Miriam Adelson, a loyal ally of the president, to the point of sitting in the front row during his inauguration last January alongside family members, has strong arguments. With a fortune estimated at $32.3 billion, stemming from the empire built by her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, a casino magnate, the 79-year-old American-Israeli, who is also Israel’s wealthiest person, has established herself as a prolific donor to the Republican Party.In...
She is said to shape Donald Trump’s American policy towards Israel. That she was behind the American embassy's move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018, a coronation that the president had promised her two years earlier when this staunch Zionist injected a campaign donation of $20 million. She also relentlessly works behind the diplomatic scenes to free Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip.Miriam Adelson, a loyal ally of the president, to the point of sitting in the front row during his inauguration last January alongside family members, has strong arguments. With a fortune estimated at $32.3 billion, stemming from the empire built by her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, a casino magnate, the 79-year-old American-Israeli, who is also Israel’s wealthiest person, has established herself as a prolific donor to the Republican...