Fawning Billionaire Woody Johnson: Trump ‘Impressed Us’ at Fundraiser

Billionaire Trump donor Woody Johnson, who attended a Palm Beach fundraiser Saturday for the indicted former president, gushed over the GOP’s 2024 nominee on Monday, telling Fox News host Jesse Watters that he is not only “extremely funny” but “extremely compassionate.”

Johnson, whom Trump rewarded for his financial support in 2016 with an ambassadorship the following year, was asked to describe the fundraiser, which a Trump aide claimed to Politico brought in a hefty $50 million sum.

Johnson claimed the event, in which Trump vowed to keep billionaires’ taxes low, was “unbelievable,” and pointed out that the reported $50 million haul was about twice what President Joe Biden–accompanied by former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton– reaped through a Manhattan fundraiser last week.

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