Amazon will donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday.
Big tech companies are preparing seven-figure donations. Exit It has been reported that Amazon's executive chairman Jeff Bezos plans to visit President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in mid-December.
https://t.co/rdURSqUUf8 The company plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund as founder Jeff Bezos and other technology leaders strengthen ties with the incoming administration. https://t.co/ulb4LXzkgn
— WSJ Business News (@WSJbusiness) December 12, 2024
As WSJ reported the day before Amazon's donation, Facebook's parent company Meta is also donating $1 million. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Trump's private club in Florida in late November.
The paper said Bezos and Amazon decided earlier this week to help finance President Trump's inauguration. Bezos has been in contact with the Trump transition team, and a source close to Bezos said he is “donating through Amazon,” according to the Journal.
Amazon also plans to stream President Trump's inauguration through its Prime Video streaming platform.
Amazon's donation to the Republican president's second inauguration is more than 17 times the $58,000 it donated in 2017. Other major technology companies also made larger donations. (Related: Amazon addresses 'error' after Alexa endorses Kamala Harris over Trump)
Jeff Bezos admitted he was very excited about Trump's victory.pic.twitter.com/XstnWTsVAH
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 5, 2024
Mr. Bezos has previously suggested he would send Mr. Trump to the moon, but he has had a past feud with Mr. Trump, particularly over ownership of the Washington Post.
In late October, Bezos wrote an op-ed justifying the Washington Post's decision not to endorse Harris. He took aim at the erosion of media credibility, particularly the industry's disregard for public perception and publication of ideologically biased reporting.
I sincerely congratulate the 45th and now 47th President on his extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No country has greater opportunity. With a wish @realDonaldTrump To succeed in guiding and uniting the America we all love.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 6, 2024
The businessman congratulated the president-elect on his “extraordinary political comeback” after his election victory in November.
