I was not surprised that the President asked for donations. He spoke of conservative policy near the end of his speech. I think considering the platform/venue being CPAC, every speaker is trying to bring in donations to help the efforts of the American Conservative Union Foundation https://www.conservative.org/about. Remember he donated his salary to charity the whole time he was in office, and paid for the WI recount with his own money. I cannot give now, but I will when I can.