At the beginning of his first presidential term in 2017, Donald Trump’s inauguration fund received contributions of about 107 million USD, the most in US history. The previous record was set in 2009 during Barack Obama’s first inauguration with $53 million. ABC News predicts that Donald Trump’s second inauguration is on track to break all records when the amount of pledged contributions has exceeded the target of 150 million USD. Other than making direct contributions to the campaigns of US presidential candidates, there is no limit on the amount of money an individual or a company can contribute to the president-elect’s inaugural committee. nominated. To date, part of the money poured into Mr. Donald Trump’s inauguration fund comes from leaders of corporations and technology companies, many of whom did not support the first inauguration of a politician from this background. from this billionaire. In the past, Mr. Donald Trump also publicly clashed with some of them many times.

In addition, according to CNBC, many executives of major technology companies have or are planning to meet President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago private club and resort. in Palm Beach, Florida. These trips, along with the influx of cash flowing into the upcoming inauguration, signal a change in the attitude of major technology companies toward Donald Trump. For example, Mr. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the platform that creates the artificial intelligence (AI) application ChatGPT, has previously donated many times to Democratic presidential candidates. pledged to spend $1 million of his own money to pour into Donald Trump’s inaugural committee.