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Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee, based on a report.
Cook dinner’s contribution, first reported by Axios, marks the newest deluge of money from billionaires into Trump’s inauguration January 20.
Simply weeks earlier than the reported donation, Cook dinner dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Cook dinner often met with Trump throughout his first time period — and managed to construct a private relationship with Trump by calling and getting meals with the then-president, the Wall Avenue Journal reported.
The Apple CEO’s donation is a part of a pattern of rich enterprise leaders and tech corporations contributing to Trump’s second inaugural fund.
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin additionally intends to donate $1 million, based on Bloomberg.
Amazon, based by Jeff Bezos, is predicted to donate $1 million, the Journal reported. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is predicted to make a private donation of $1 million ,whereas Meta, run by billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg, donated the identical quantity to the inaugural fund, based on CNBC.
Automobile corporations Toyota, Ford, and Normal Motors are additionally every reportedly donating $1 million to the fund.
The inaugural committee is projected to boost greater than $150 million, breaking the earlier fundraising report of $107 million inauguration, which was set at Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, ABC Information reported.
“There’s an absolute deluge of curiosity,” a Republican fundraiser instructed the outlet.
Trump, who based on Forbes boasts a web price of roughly $6 billion, has surrounded himself with fellow billionaires as he’s set to take workplace for a second time. Trump tapped Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to co-head the newly created Division of Authorities Effectivity. The pair have change into shut in latest months — actually as Trump’s so-called “first buddy” has been staying at a cottage simply a number of hundred toes from the principle home of Mar-a-Lago for $2,000 per night time.
Along with Musk, Trump’s second White Home will embrace biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, funding banker Howard Lutnick, wrestling magnate Linda McMahon and enterprise capitalist and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, all of whom are billionaires.
Their mixed wealth exceeds $340 billion — bigger than the gross home product of greater than 11 dozen international locations, based on The Impartial’s evaluation in November.
Since his re-election victory, Trump has met with a handful of billionaires in latest weeks at Mar-a-Lago, together with Bezos and Zuckerberg. “EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!” Trump boasted on Reality Social after eating with Bezos in mid-December.
Final week, he gave the impression to be courting yet one more: Invoice Gates. In a weird Reality Social submit that resembled a private message to Musk, Trump advised that the Microsoft co-founder had requested to go to his Palm Seaside property.
“The place are you? When are you coming to the ‘Middle of the Universe,’ Mar-a-Lago,” Trump posted. Invoice Gates requested to return, tonight. We miss you and x! New 12 months’s Eve goes to be AMAZING!!!” Trump wrote. He signed it “DJT.”
