Newspaper The New York TimesOn December 13, it was reported that Amazon Company said it would donate $1 million to the fund in charge of spending for Mr. Trump’s inauguration ceremony, which will take place on January 20, 2025. Previously, Facebook’s parent company Meta also announced on December 11 that it would sponsor the same amount as mentioned above.
On December 13, General Director Sam Altman of OpenAI Company, the creator of the artificial intelligence (AI) application ChatGPT, said the business would sponsor $1 million for Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
“Mr. Trump will lead our country into the AI era, and I look forward to supporting his efforts to ensure America stays at the forefront,” Mr. Altman said.
The relationship between Mr. Trump and Amazon was not very good during his first term as president, when Mr. Trump claimed that the US Postal Service (UPS) gave many preferential treatment to Amazon, while this technology company accused the former US Postal Service (UPS). The president pressured the Pentagon to reject the cloud computing contract.
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Everything changed this year, when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos continuously had good words for Mr. Trump. The US President-elect also said he would meet Mr. Bezos next week. On November 27, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also had dinner with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago resort, Florida.
In the latest developments, Reuters reported on December 13 that Apple Technology Company General Director Tim Cook met Mr. Trump the same evening at Mar-a-Lago. Many business leaders met Mr. Trump after the former US president won the presidential election.