Amazon donates $1m to Trump's inaugural fund as tech cozies up to president-elect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : When Trump won the election, Bezos praised him on X. "Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory.
69% : OpenAI's Altman says that Trump will be a leader in technological progress.
65% : And Time magazine, which is owned by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, has named Trump its "person of the year".
65% : Those include several tickets to activities planned around the event, such as dinners with Trump, his cabinet picks and JD Vance.
61% : Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is slated to meet with Trump next week.
57% : As Trump prepares to enter office for a second time, several tech titans are cozying up in hopes of favorable treatment for their businesses.
49% : Trump is offering bonus perks to donors who give at least $1m to his inaugural committee, according to the New York Times.
29% : Before the election, the Washington Post broke with longstanding tradition and announced it would not endorse a candidate in the presidential race, a move widely seen as Bezos not wanting to rankle Trump.
18% : At one point in 2018, Trump called the paper "the Amazon Washington Post" and said it had "gone crazy against me".

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