Companies and executives appear to be hoping to curry favor with President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to take office later this month.
President Trump's inaugural committee has raised more than $170 million, a record amount for an inaugural committee, and five people were briefed on the conversation. said of new york times Theodore Schleifer, Maggie Haberman, Kenneth P. Vogel.
The $170 million amount reportedly could reach $200 million, more than the $107 million Trump reportedly raised for his inaugural committee in 2017. .
The inaugural committee also reportedly stopped selling tickets to donors attending President Trump's swearing-in and related private events.
This record number comes just four years after many of the same companies and executives turned against President Trump after the 2020 election.
of times reported Significant changes in corporate attitudes towards Trump:
Mr. Trump frequently speaks privately about who has supported him, but even without the usual exclusive access, the frenzy of donations to his inauguration has been driven by deep-pocketed donors and It highlights how companies are trying to gain Trump's support. American companies have been much more receptive to Mr. Trump during the transition than they were at the start of his first term in early 2017, partly out of a desire to be in his good position.
Potential donors began being told earlier this week that there were no longer seats available at certain events near Washington, according to people briefed on the conversations. A personalized donation link that fundraisers had been circulating to their network of major donors stopped working on Tuesday and Wednesday. Packages offered to corporate and individual donors were initially on sale until Friday, but ended early in light of unusual demand.
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Citing a lack of seats at the VIP event, some donors took the unusual step of offering to donate as much as $1 million without receiving anything in return. A seat at the inaugural address, tickets to a lavish ball, or access to other events are usually the main reasons major donors write checks. Inauguration events are a critical time for the lobbying industry, attracting donations from corporations and wealthy donors eager to gain influence or make amends with the new administration.
Those lucky enough to donate before tickets run out will receive six tickets for each of the six events. One of the events will reportedly be a “Canderite Dinner” with President Trump and Melania Trump on January 19th. The second event will reportedly be a dinner with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and his wife.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. He is the author of The Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
