Ford Motor Co. has announced it will donate $1 million and a small number of vehicles for President-elect Trump's inauguration. multiple outlet reported Monday.
Ford joins the latest wave of big tech companies to pledge big contributions to the president-elect's inaugural fund.
Inauguration donations from corporations are nothing new, but the piles of cash, coupled with Trump's meeting at his Florida home, signal a shift in companies trying to curry favor with the president as he prepares to take office. .
Meta and Amazon each donated $1 million to President Trump's inaugural fund last week, followed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who said he would donate the same amount from his personal funds.
The move marked a change for Altman.donated repeatedlyHe has been a Democratic candidate since 2013.
Amazon has donated to the start-up funds of the past two administrations, but this year's contribution significantly exceeded the $276,000 it donated to President Biden's 2021 inaugural committee.
In 2017, the e-commerce giant contributed an even smaller amount (about $57,000) to President Trump's first inauguration fund, according to .campaign finance records.
The Hill has reached out to Trump's team and Ford for comment.
