Tech titans including Zuckerberg, Bezos line up to donate $1M each to Trump inauguration fund

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Sam Altman of Open AI are the latest moguls to each pony up identical $1 million gifts to the fund bankrolling the glitzy Jan. 20 return to power for Trump.
55% : The flood of cash comes as the billionaires hope to improve their up-and-down relationship with Trump, who makes little secret of his plan to play favorites with companies and individuals perceived as supporters of him and his MAGA agenda.
52% : Trump has forged a very close relationship in recent months with Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, X and SpaceX who is considered the world's richest man.
46% : Altman said Friday he is forking over his own seven-figure donation in his personal capacity, but admitted he hopes it makes Trump look favorably on requests to prioritize investments in artificial intelligence.
46% : Microsoft gave $1 million to Obama's second inaugural, but only $500,000 to Trump in 2017 and Biden in 2021.
45% : "Trump will lead our country into the age of AI, and I am eager to support his efforts to ensure America stays ahead," Altman said in a statement.
41% : Zuckerberg has already journeyed to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump over the Thanksgiving holiday while Bezos recently told a conference that he is "optimistic" about the new administration, especially Trump's stated plans to slash regulations.
37% : Trump has appointed Musk to a newly created post aimed at cutting government spending and brushed off concerns that Musk could exploit his power to protect his companies' multi-billion dollar government contracts or influence policy to benefit them or hurt tech rivals.
18% : Trump has regularly trashed both Zuckerberg and Bezos in the past, but the moguls have worked hard to make peace with him.

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