Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump's inauguration fund

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "It's just a recognition that there's not much to be gained in outspoken opposition, but perhaps there is something to be gained by being very clear about your support and hope that Trump does well," she says.
61% : Google CEO Sundar Pichai has an upcoming meeting scheduled with Trump.
59% : "Amazon contributed $276,000 to Biden's inauguration fund in 2021 and $58,000 to Trump's in 2017.
58% : Last month, Zuckerberg met with Trump and other members of his team for dinner, a Meta spokesperson confirmed.
50% : And Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently said of his relationship with Trump, "We are turning the page."
43% : Back then, Trump frequently rebuked The Washington Post, which is owned by Bezos, for the paper's coverage of his presidency.
42% : The move was viewed as an attempt to curry favor with Trump, especially as Bezos' other company, Blue Origin, has a multi-billion dollar contract with NASA.
41% : But companies are eager for Trump not to regulate sectors like artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, where "many of them have made personal, and as businesses, major investments.
37% : At the end of the day, O'Mara says, all the powerful tech companies want is to keep growing their size, influence and profits, and executives are hoping Trump will not interfere with the industry's expansion.
23% : The company later accused Trump of using the military budget to pursue a personal agenda.
22% : But during the 2024 campaign, Zuckerberg seemed to soften his stance -- calling Trump "badass" after the former president survived an attempted assassination attempt.
20% : Similarly, Zuckerberg was once known for imposing one of the the harshest penalties a social network has taken against Trump when Facebook banned him days after the Capitol insurrection.
17% : Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg -- who once banned Trump from Facebook -- dined with the former president at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida at the end of November.
14% : It comes just months after Trump threatened to throw Zuckerberg in prison over Trump's belief that Zuckerberg interfered in the 2020 election by making a significant investment in election infrastructure.

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