Jonathan Allen is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Washington.
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump emphasized the importance of extending his signature tax cuts to some of the nation’s wealthiest political donors, according to a readout of his private remarks Saturday night provided by a Trump campaign official.
Trump appeared to try to square raising a record-breaking amount of donations from the nation's elite — a set that included billionaires such as sugar magnate José 'Pepe' Fanjul Sr., oil baron Harold Hamm and Johnson & Johnson heir Woody Johnson — with a political movement fueled by populist themes. 'People are just wanting change,' he said to reporters as he arrived at Paulson's home. 'The rich people want it. Poor people want it. Everybody wants change.
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