Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Tech CEOs' Donations to Trump, Biden Inaugurations Compared

Tech companies and their CEOs are donating millions of dollars to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration after giving less to President Joe Biden's inaugural fund four years earlier.

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Oligarchs, billionaires, and corporations are racing to gain access to top US officials and favour with Trump through bribes masked as donations. Together they have "donated" at least $150 million to Trump's inauguration. Includes Apple, Meta, Uber, Robinhood, Ford, and many more.

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-- Anonymous (@opcanary.bsky.social) January 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM

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... Why It Matters

Trump, who returns to the White House after January 20's inauguration, has raked in substantially more money from tech companies than Biden did for his 2021 inauguration.

The large donations come after Trump has at times clashed with tech companies like Meta and Google. But they are seeking to build a more positive relationship with the president-elect, given that he will have the authority to issue executive orders and sign legislation that could have major implications for the tech industry. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-06 06:06 PM

Donny is For Sale so naturally he gets the most buyers/owners.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-06 06:07 PM

... they are seeking to build a more positive relationship with the president-elect ...

Stated differently, they seem to be acknowledging that Pres-elect Trump has indicated the actions of the incoming President are up for sale.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-06 06:11 PM

@#2 ... Donny is For Sale so naturally he gets the most buyers/owners. ...

What percentage of American workers can afford the price (apparently, the starting price is $1,000,000) Pres-elect Trump seems to be asking in order to get his attention?


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-06 06:35 PM

@#4 ... (apparently, the starting price is $1,000,000) ...

That got me thinking about a fictitious menu for Pres-elect Trump's actions ...

$1,000,000 donated to Inauguration - Trump administration does not go after your business.

$15,000,000 donated to Trump-favoring PACs - The Trump tariffs may have an exception for your suppliers.

$100,000,000 donated to the Trump campaign - you get to campaign with candidate-Trump and have his ear.

$2,000/month rental fee at Mar-A-Lago - the $100,000,000 becomes ongoing.


My guess is that there may be other entries on that fictitious menu that my imagination missed.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-06 06:45 PM

Where's that skirt-wearing poodle walker Ballwasher?

HMMMMM?

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#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-06 09:23 PM

It's almost like something strange was happening in 2021.

#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-01-07 08:52 AM

re: #7

Money was funneling upward to the top 0.1%?

#8 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-01-07 09:14 AM

Bidenflation, caused by Bidenomics, have increased the price of everything.

#9 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-01-07 10:42 PM

One things for sure, Biden made Visitor's brain rot.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-07 10:52 PM

As lots of us have been pointing our for a long time, corporate boardrooms are run by and for the big boys, and they see great wealth as their reward for bending a knee to a demented fascist...they, as a group, rarely serve in the military , they just don't care how much horror is about to be unleashed.
It is about to be our "Judgement Day", when trump pretends to be in charge, but in reality...something quite inhuman takes over...fascism. That machine doesn't care about you or me or any human being...look at what it did to the world the last time it was unleashed upon humans...from London to Berlin to Nagasaki...
terminator.fandom.com

#11 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-01-08 06:48 AM

Money was funneling upward to the top 0.1%?

#8 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-01-07 09:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

When is that not happening?

I'm referencing a time when corps were losing their minds, and I was wondering if I was going to get stiffed on a million dollar invoice.

#12 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-01-08 07:52 AM

re: #12

At. An. Unprecedented. Level. time.com

#13 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-01-08 10:16 AM

CEO's are part of that .1% that were getting hella richer, and are now donating to the piece of $#!+'s campaign

#14 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-01-08 10:18 AM

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