LOL
My friend paid 100k to spend 10 minutes on Air Force One with Trump during his first term.
Have you ever heard of spending 50k per plate to dine with these guys?
For a selfie with Joetato
Those donations go to political operations (campaigns and parties), not to the candidate himself.
I'm fairly certain most Americans would not approve of pols simply taking checks for meetings. They don't particularly like that stuff when the money goes specifically to politics. They'd like the direct graft even less.