Australian mining billionaire Gina Reinhart in a photo posted on Instagram by former president’s son Eric at the launch of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, on Wednesday painted on the background of
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Reinhart, chairman of mining and farming company Hancock Prospecting, has publicly endorsed Trump since at least his election in 2016.
Speaking at a mining conference in Mount Isa in November 2016, she said she recently met with members of Trump’s campaign team, including Rudy Giuliani and then-campaign manager Kellyanne Conway.
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She said that Trump and his team won the 2016 election despite “constant and constant negative press” because they “reduced government tape, then reduced taxes, and the U.S. “We listened to the voices of the American people,” who wanted them to “grow and become economical.” Strong again.”
Reinhart has urged Australia to follow Trump’s plan to cut the “federal tape” by 50% and cut corporate taxes to 15% in the first few months of taking office.
Reinhart, who is considered Australia’s richest person and one of the richest women in the world, held for former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the White House by Trump 2019 I also attended the state banquet of the year.
She has also been named a member of the Trumpets, an all-female Trump high society supporters group founded in the United States in 2015, according to multiple social media posts from the network. She is called “Australia’s lead her trumpet” in one of their posts. In 2018, the group called Reinhart “the trumpet of the week.”
Trumpet was founded by Hollywood reporter turned socialite Toni Holt Kramer. The group states on its site: Get ready to explain why you think Donald Trump will be the best president for all of America. ”
A photo posted by Eric Trump standing right behind Reinhart also showed My Pillow founder Mike Lindell, an alleged conspiracy theorist who strongly endorses Trump.
Guardian Australia has reached out to Rinehart for a response.
