- Amazon plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to WSJ.
- Meta also confirmed that it will be donating $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund.
- The moves show Big Tech’s effort to mend relations with Trump, who has been critical of the industry.
Jeff Bezos‘ Amazon plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration, following Wednesday’s news that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta made the same contribution, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Meta confirmed to the Journal Wednesday that the company donated $1 million to the president-elect’s inaugural fund.
The donations would mark a shift in the relationship between tech leaders and Trump, who had previously been critical of Big Tech bosses. Trump has previously accused Zuckerberg and Bezos of bias against his administration, among other criticisms.
Last month, the Meta CEO paid a visit to Trump at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort for Thanksgiving Eve dinner.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai also plans to meet with Trump, The Information reported.
″Mark Zuckerberg’s been over to see me, and I can tell you, Elon is another and Jeff Bezos is coming up next week, and I want to get ideas from them,” Trump told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday.
Spokespeople for Amazon and Trump did not respond to a request for comment.
