Trump Silicon Valley Fundraising at Scott McNealy

President Trump hosted a fundraising campaign at Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy's home for Trump's first fundraiser in the Bay Area on Tuesday since he was elected president. Trump, a giant inflatable baby, was not far behind.

The details of the event between $ 1,000 and $ 50,000 per plate were held fairly tightly by local GOP officials as participants would have been asked to travel to a remote location before returning home. be transferred to McNealy's mansion.

Once local activists like Vigil for Democracy heard wind, however, protesters came in droves to demonstrate against the Trump government. They brought a giant inflatable baby, Trump, echoing the manifestations of the past.

McNealy, who is a "raging capitalist," is self-described as one of the only leaders in Silicon Valley to support the president. Before the 2016 election, McNealy paid nearly $ 40,000 to the Republican National Convention Committee, according to the Federal Election Commission. The only candidate he has contributed to in recent years is former House Speaker Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican who decided to retire last year.

Sun, which manufactured computer hardware, including servers feeding the early Internet sites, was one of the world's largest technology companies in the 1990s, but had a hard time and was sold to Oracle for $ 7.4 billion in 2009. McNealy retired in 2006.

In total, Trump reportedly brought in about $ 15 million on his two-day trip to the Bay Area.