President Trump Sets Inaugural Fundraising Record with Whopping $250M Haul from Surprising Donors

If you had told me back in 2016 or 2020 that President Trump was going to blow it out of the park with his Inaugural Fund thanks to donations from the likes of Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, I wouldn’t believe it.

But, here we are.

President Trump has just set a new record, raising over $250M towards his historic Inauguration.

As we’ve been reporting on since the election, this time around, President Trump has earned the support (or possibly fear?) of the biggest names and companies in Big Tech.

Many Silicon Valley companies like Apple, Amazon, and Meta have all contributed $1M to his Inauguration Fund.

Several of these companies’ CEOs, including Zuckerberg, Cook, and Bezos have also had meetings with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

And, Zuckerberg and Bezos are expected to join Elon Musk on a panel at the Inauguration.

We are truly seeing a marriage of MAGA and Big Tech.

It’s a beautiful thing.

Take a look:

🚨🇺🇸 TRUMP SETS INAUGURAL FUNDRAISING RECORD WITH $250M TECH HAUL

Silicon Valley opens its wallet for Trump 2.0, with Meta, Apple, Amazon and other tech titans each dropping $1M for Monday's indoor ceremony.

The historic fundraising more than doubles his 2017 haul, boosted by… pic.twitter.com/VhNhZEU0uu

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 20, 2025

President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee has smashed fundraising records, racking up more than $200 million in pledges. Donations have come from leaders of Big Tech, financial services and telecommunications. @AliRogin spoke with @CBHolman and @ceciliakang to learn more. pic.twitter.com/favqScUknQ

— PBS News (@NewsHour) January 19, 2025

ABC News reported:

President-elect Donald Trump is marking his return to the White House with a record-breaking fundraising total of $250 million for his inaugural efforts, sources familiar with Trump’s fundraising told ABC News.

This total includes the official Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee as well as Trump’s other big fundraising vehicles that have been putting together his inaugural festivities this weekend, surpassing his first inaugural fundraising total of $107 million.

As ABC News has reported, Trump’s second inauguration has had notable support from numerous tech giants openly celebrating his return to the White House, with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Shou Chew and Jeff Bezos initially expected to be given prime seats at the inauguration.

Major inaugural tech donations include $1 million each from Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Uber. For Meta, in particular, this is the first time they’ve donated to a presidential inauguration, while Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have contributed to past presidential inaugurations.

Trump’s inaugural committee has also received major donations from the cryptocurrency industry, including $5 million from Ripple, $2 million from Robinhood, and $1 million from Coinbase, sources told ABC News. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty met with Trump earlier this month, they posted on social media.

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