Donald Trump, elected the new President of the United States, will officially take office on January 20, in an inauguration ceremony that aims to be global thanks to the presence of numerous international leaders. The tycoon intends for his return to office to be a great event and for this he already has the support from big technology companies.

Companies and business leaders are contributing considerable amounts of money to the trump inaugural fundthat is, to the fundraising efforts of the future President to organize the inauguration ceremony and its related events.

As announced Wall Street Journal, amazon intends to donate one million dollars, in addition to broadcasting the ceremony on Prime Video, the company’s streaming platform. The costs of the latter, according to the media, would represent another donation of one million dollars in kind.
On the other hand, Goal, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, also plans to contribute one million dollars to said fund.

Furthermore, among other notable names, there is that of Sam AltamCEO of OpenAi, who according to Fox News Digitalwill also make a personal donation of one million dollars for the inauguration of Donald Trump’s term.
“President Trump will lead our country into the age of AI, and I am excited to support his efforts to ensure America stays ahead of the curve.“Altman said in a statement to the US media.

For its part, Elon MuskCEO of Tesla and COO of X -formerly Twitter-, has been involved for months in the efforts to make Trump the new President. It is estimated that he has allocated around tens of millions of dollars to return the businessman to the country’s leadership. The support has earned him the appointment of head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

According to New York TimesTrump is offering additional benefits to donors to contribute at least one million dollars to its inaugural fund. Among them, several tickets for activities planned around the event, such as dinners with Trump and his cabinet nominees.

Beyond donations, business leaders also intend to strengthen personal ties with the new President. As reported GuardianJeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon, is scheduled to meet with Trump this week, while Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, had dinner with him at his Mar-a-Lago estate last month. For his part, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, also had plans to meet with Trump this week.

The leaders’ stance of large technology companies contrast with the one taken eight years ago, when Trump starred in the electoral race against Hillary Clinton and was finally elected President. The difference, as Bezos has commented, for example, is that they consider that Donald Trump is now calmer and more focused than in his first term.

Donations are commonand in the vast majority of cases, politically agnostic, since they are carried out with the objective of sympathizing with the incoming office. However, this time they represent an attempt by big technology to fraternize again with Donald Trump, after the mandate of Joe Biden and a period marked by certain confrontation, such as the suspension of the tycoon’s accounts on some social networks.

The support also represents an effort on the part of the big technology companies to be on good terms in the face of a legislature that will be key in terms of technological regulation, especially with regard to artificial intelligence, electric vehicles or social media.