Howard Lutnick, Haverford College's largest donor, could shape a second Trump administration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : A Long Islander who met Trump on Manhattan's charity circuit around the turn of the millennium -- later making a guest appearance alongside him on The Celebrity Apprentice -- Lutnick has become a major backer of Trump's 2024 campaign, giving more than $10 million to his reelection effort and raising millions more from donors.
59% : "I just want to help [Trump] have the greatest government he can have -- and that's by finding him the talented people he didn't have last time.
47% : "Above all, the 2024 transition team is looking for candidates who will remain loyal to Trump and his policies.
46% : Musk has spent the latter half of October stumping for Trump across the state, and the billionaire has given around $75 million to his America PAC, a group dedicated to Trump's reelection.
45% : As top Democrats raise alarm over Trump's vow to gut the federal workforce and appoint loyalists should he be elected in November, rarely has there been more attention paid to the selection of those who will guide crucial decisions about the nation's military, economy, and public services.
42% : In a wide-ranging interview, Lutnick discussed his role as a political "mosaic painter" seeking candidates for Trump -- including those who will show "fidelity" to his leadership -- as well as Haverford's response to protests over Israel's war in Gaza and the role Elon Musk could play in a second Trump term.
34% : "Trump has cast himself as the best candidate for Israel, even suggesting that the terrorist organization Hamas's deadly assault outside the Gaza Strip would not have happened had he been in power.
25% : "They did not respect that he was elected president of the United States ...," Lutnick said of former officials who Trump had deposed.
17% : This month, it was reported that Retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, went as far as calling Trump "fascist to the core.

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