Foster Friess, the billionaire who bankrolled Rick Santorum’s failed presidential bids in 2012 and 2016, is all in on Donald Trump.
“I think as a Republican I sure will support him,” Friess told CNN. “I’m certainly going to support our nominee the best I can, both enthusiastically, financially, and also with some encouragement.”
Friess, an evangelical Christian, is also friendly with Ben Carson, who has become a top surrogate for Trump. While some Republican mega-donors, such as Charles and David Koch, are reluctant to board the Trump train, Friess thinks many will come around.
“The big GOP donors, they’re going to sit back and think of the arguments they maybe had with their wives over the years,” Friess said. “I’ve been married for 54 years and we’ve had a few cross words but when push comes to shove, we have a certain amount of loyalty to what our nation stands for. And these donors are going to be there because none of them want to go down in history as enabling Hillary Clinton to appoint three Supreme Court justices.”
Friess said he was “convinced” that Trump would change his behavior in a general election, and added that Trump “has the opportunity to be very presidential if he puts his minds to, which I think he’s going to.”
Trump has no campaign events scheduled on Monday but trashed evangelical Christian conservative Russell Moore on Twitter, whom Trump described as “a nasty guy with no heart.”
