Billionaires Who Championed Trump Have Now Gone Largely Quiet
- Of two-dozen wealthy Trump supporters, few had anything to say
- Stephen Schwarzman, Ronald Lauder condemned the violence
A "Trump 2020" banner is carried as rioters swarm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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They bankrolled Donald Trump. They applauded his tax cuts. They cheered as the stock market soared. Now, the sound coming from some of the president’s wealthiest donors is this: silence.
As chaos engulfs the White House and Democrats talk of impeachment, few of these billionaires have much to say about the president they showered with many millions in campaign contributions.