Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos are the latest billionaires to donate $1M to Trump fund

[highplainsdem]

Source: TechCrunch

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon plan to donate $1 million each to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, according to reports from Fox and the Wall Street Journal.

TechCrunch has confirmed Altman’s plans to personally commit the money, which is not coming directly from OpenAI.

The donations from the billionaires follow plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to also donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund as America’s most powerful tech leaders cosy up to the incoming administration. Inaugural funds are used for activities related to the president’s inauguration ceremony in January.

Amazon’s donation is being prepared as Bezos, the company’s executive chairman, heads over to Mar-a-Lago to visit with Trump next week, the Journal reports. Bezos and Trump had a fraught relationship in the past. During his first term, Trump repeatedly criticized Amazon’s business practices and attacked The Washington Post, which Bezos owns, for being critical of his administration.

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Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/sam-altman-and-jeff-bezos-are-the-latest-billionaires-to-donate-1m-to-trump-fund/

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They're all lining up to kiss Trump's ass.

[Dave Bowman]

1. I believe this practice used to be call bribery.

Talk about draining the swamp.

[Blue_Tires]

8. The media normalized all of Donnie's criminal activity

To the point where we barely even notice anymore.

[Irish_Dem]

14. The Supreme Court said they are just tips for a job well done.

The kind of bribes tips the SC justices get.

[magicarpet]

2. Is this like an auxiliary fee to join the membership,...

..... roster at Merry Mc-Grifto ?
Any money left over from the inaugural festivities - by law can go right into djt's pocket,... correct ?

Yee Haa,... this is better than a glittering beg-a-thon merch page, and tax free money to boot.

[tanyev]

3. It will be interesting to see if any big stars get lured into inaugural appearances.

Stars that previously stayed away.

[joshcryer]

4. So pathetic.

First the billionaires bought the election and now they are X sucking up to Musk. It's so pathetic and useless and so transparently craven.

[Irish_Dem]

5. What do they get for this $1m bribe money?

[Bengus81]

11. I think they get to go to all the parties. Can't imagine someone like Zuckerberg want to attend all of them

Or they think it will insure them of not having Trump nut jobs pounding on their door and sending death threats. A mill to them is nothing money so they pony up.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes Trump is running a protection racket.

Corporations and billionaires pay a huge sum for Trump to leave them alone.

[travelingthrulife]

17. Yup. Mob boss makes everyone pony up unless they want their legs broken and

their family killed.

[2naSalit]

6. From the way...

I see it, they just bought themselves a giant FUCK YOU from we, the little people.*


*What Denny Hastert called the voting public.

[Buddyzbuddy]

7. Are these monthly tributes they'll be paying?

Because otherwise, that's pretty cheap. I think 10% of all assets would be a good start, for the first year. Also, he may want to consider your wives or daughters as part of the plan. It's about bringing his dogs to heal. Part two will be about humiliation as well as enrichment. He knows it's all legal now.
He may even wish you into the cornfield.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Make no mistake, it is just the beginning of the extortion.

And yes the billionaires are fools.

They don't understand the payments must be ongoing.
And the ante will be upped all the time.

And then Trump will humiliate them and even push them out of windows.

[Across-the-Desk]

9. Welcome to the Plutocracy

[milestogo]

10. Sorry but if you're a billionaire, give a billion.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Trump will get a billion from them eventually.

He is not yet done shaking down the wealthy.

If they get an attitude and don't want to pay up, they need to avoid standing near windows.

[forthemiddle]

16. How many of them also donated to the Biden inauguration?

Is this a normal practice?
I’m not sure if this is a routine practice, or unique to this administration. I must admit I would prefer not to have my Government $$$ going towards Trumps party.