Corporate Donations to Trumps Inauguration

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

Interesting

• Meta: donated $1 million
• Amazon: plans to donate $1 million
• Sam Altman: plans to make a $1 million personal donation
• Perplexity: plans to donate $1 million
• Uber and Dara Khosrowshahi: donated $1 million each
• Ken Griffin: plans to donate $1 million
• Bank of America: plans to donate an undisclosed amount
• Goldman Sachs: plans to donate an undisclosed amount
• Robinhood: donated $2 million

 

[StormHawk42]

Lining up to get on their knees with mouths open just like they all do

 

[Aardvark86]

Inaugural events are always funded this way. Trumps getting more than others but it’s a consistently increasing number from election to election.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Sadly, with Trump being the most transactional President we’ve ever had, contributing to the inauguration is probably the most direct (and legal) way to get on his good side.

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

Sadly, with Trump being the most transactional President we’ve ever had, contributing to the inauguration is probably the most direct (and legal) way to get on his good side.

Very good point

 

[cigaretteman]

Deplorable.

 

[LuteHawk]

"Pay to Play" is what corporations do to buy favors from
the power brokers in the President Trump administration.
To throw money at the President is nothing new for the
lobby industry. At least 100 corporations will donate.

What is toxic is that President Trump is keeping score of
which corporations donate millions of dollars and those
who do not. The swamp in Washington D.C. could be more
corrupt in 2025.

 

[MitchLL]

Greed over honor!

Corporate America.

 

[win1forthe]

Interesting

• Meta: donated $1 million
• Amazon: plans to donate $1 million
• Sam Altman: plans to make a $1 million personal donation
• Perplexity: plans to donate $1 million
• Uber and Dara Khosrowshahi: donated $1 million each
• Ken Griffin: plans to donate $1 million
• Bank of America: plans to donate an undisclosed amount
• Goldman Sachs: plans to donate an undisclosed amount
• Robinhood: donated $2 million

Looks like a list of businesses to boycott

 

[DogBoyRy]

Interesting

• Meta: donated $1 million
• Amazon: plans to donate $1 million
• Sam Altman: plans to make a $1 million personal donation
• Perplexity: plans to donate $1 million
• Uber and Dara Khosrowshahi: donated $1 million each
• Ken Griffin: plans to donate $1 million
• Bank of America: plans to donate an undisclosed amount
• Goldman Sachs: plans to donate an undisclosed amount
• Robinhood: donated $2 million

Now do Biden and donors who benefited from Ukraine aid, etc.
TIA.

 

[win1forthe]

Now do Biden and donors who benefited from Ukraine aid, etc.
TIA.

And then do a list of unqualified donors and billionaires Biden had in his cabinet and as advisors.

 

[5545]

Lobbying by tech companies ramped up substantially after the Microsoft antitrust case two and a half decades ago. Maybe they feel a need to pay both sides in order to keep more egregious regulation at bay.

 

[lucas80]

Inaugural events are always funded this way. Trumps getting more than others but it’s a consistently increasing number from election to election.

Yes, but have we ever had such a transactional man literally checking off names and donation amounts with his sharpie? He’s keeping count, and talking about it.
It’s almost like his number one priority isn’t fighting for you and me.

 

[lucas80]

Sadly, with Trump being the most transactional President we’ve ever had, contributing to the inauguration is probably the most direct (and legal) way to get on his good side.

CEOs and the wealthy don’t even care that yuge amounts of money have never been accounted for from his first inauguration. He’s just pocketing it and will put on a crappy show like his first one. Probably Hulk Hogan shirtless on a float and some low rent country performers.

 

[Aardvark86]

Yes, but have we ever had such a transactional man literally checking off names and donation amounts with his sharpie? He’s keeping count, and talking about it.
It’s almost like his number one priority isn’t fighting for you and me.

Yeah he’s transactional. But if you really don’t think other politicians are and have been, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. It’s just that they used the more polite phrases like “access” and “good government”.

 

[lucas80]

Yeah he’s transactional. But if you really don’t think other politicians are and have been, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. It’s just that they used the more polite phrases like “access” and “good government”.

Maybe some politicians. Presidents? No. A well run transition team and WH have people doing that.
Stop comparing Trump to normal people. He makes Nixon look principled.

 

[Aardvark86]

Maybe some politicians. Presidents? No. A well run transition team and WH have people doing that.
Stop comparing Trump to normal people. He makes Nixon look principled.

Dude. Especially presidents (or to be fair, their staff).