US President-elect Donald Trump received a record $250 million for inaugural events, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. According to them, this amount was more than double the amount raised for the politician’s first inauguration in 2017.
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According to the publication, technology giants such as Meta*, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Uber donated $1 million each for the ceremony. ABC News noted that Meta* financially supported a presidential inauguration for the first time.
Cryptocurrency-related companies also made large donations to Trump’s fundraising funds. According to ABC News, the crypto platform Ripple sponsored the inauguration with $5 million, the financial company Robinhood contributed $2 million and the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, $1 million.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Meta* CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok CEO Shaw Chu and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos are expected to occupy “the best seats” at the ceremony. inauguration, writes the publication.
Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on January 20 in Washington. The opening ceremony is scheduled for noon local time, 20:00 Moscow time.
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Anastasia Kossakovskaya
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