Companies like Coca Cola, PayPal and Uber have all contributed to Trump's campaign or the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
  • Elon Musk: $290 million
  • Timothy Mellon: $150 million
  • Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research: $106 million
  • Linda McMahon of WWE: $16 million
  • Hendricks Holding Co: $15 million
  • Bigelow Aerospace: $14.1 million
  • Laura & Issac Perlmutter Foundation: 12.4 million
  • ABC Supply: $11 million
  • Cantor Fitzgerald: $11 million
  • Uline: $10 million
  • Pratt Industries: $10 million
  • British American Tabacco: $10 million
  • Southern Waste Systems: $9 million
  • Elliott Management: $7 million
  • Andreesseen Horowitz: $7 million
  • Viotl Inc: $6 million
  • Timothy Dunn of CrownQuest: $5 million
  • Jeff Sprecher of Intercontinental Exchange and Kelly Loeffler: $4.9 million
  • Phil Ruffin, a business partner of Trump’s: $3.3 million
  • Jimmy John Liautaud of Jimmy John’s: $3.1 million
  • Geoffrey Palmer: $3 million
  • Bernard Marcus, former CEO of Home Depot: $2.7 million
  • Robert Johnson, owner of New York Jets: $2.7 million
  • Winklevoss twins: $2.6 million
  • Kenny Troutt of Excel Communications: $2.2 million
  • George Bishop of GeoSouthern Energy: $2 million
  • J. Joe Ricketts of TD Ameritrade: $2 million
  • Chevron: $2 million
  • Robinhood Markets: $2 million
  • Andrew Beal of Beal Bank: $1.8 million
  • Don Ahern of Xtreme Manufacturing: $1.1 million
  • Roger Penske of Penske Corporation: $1.1 million
  • Steve Wynn: $1.1 million
  • Richard Kurtz of The Kamson Corporation: $1.1 million
  • Tim Cook, CEO of Apple: $1 million
  • Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners: $1 million
  • Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital: $1 million
  • OpenAI: $1 million
  • ExxonMobil: $1 million
  • Amazon: $1 million
  • Meta: $1 million
  • Uber: $1 million
  • Boeing: $1 million
  • Qualcomm: $1 million
  • Coinbase: $1 million
  • Kraken: $1 million
  • Galaxy Digital Holdings: $1 million
  • Crypto.com: $1 million
  • Paradigm Operations: $1 million
  • Goldman Sachs: $1 million
  • Altria: $1 million
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: $1 million
  • Bayer: $1 million
  • Johnson & Johnson: $1 million
  • National Association of Manufacturers: $1 million
  • AT&T: $1 million
  • Comcast: $1 million
  • Verizon: $1 million
  • Carrier: $1 million
  • Intuit: $1 million
  • Coupang: $1 million
  • GE Vernova: $500,000
  • QCells: $500,000
  • Ericsson: $500,000
  • CoreCivic: $500,000
  • GEO Group: $500,000
  • Abbott Laboratories: $500,000
  • PayPal: $250,000
  • HCA Healthcare: $250,000
  • Oklo Inc: $250,000
  • Coca Cola: $250,000
  • American Beverage Association: $250,000
  • Syngenta: $250,000
  • International Flavors & Fragrances: $250,000
  • Elevance Health: $150,000
  • American Clean Power Association: $100,000
  • Instacart: $100,000
  • Airbnb: $100,000
  • Socure: $100,000
  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP: $100,000
  • Lysol@lemmy.world
    1·
    30 minutes ago

    Ericsson, the most corrupt shit company in Sweden. Yes, Ericsson is Swedish, yet is still in this list.

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    Private prison companies CoreCivic and GEO Group each donated $500,000, potentially positioning themselves to benefit from Trump’s planned immigration policies. GEO Group’s executive chairman, George Zoley, explicitly acknowledged these benefits, stating: “We believe that the private sector will play a critical role in assisting the government in carrying out its objectives…The GEO Group was built for this unique moment in our country’s history and the opportunities that it will bring.”

    Absolutely heinous

  • Sixty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    21 hours ago

    Thanks, as a Canadian it’s appreciated. I’ll print this off after I look for any additions others mention and then post it on my fridge and Joplin.

    • StrangeMed@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 day ago

      In the article, it’s explained why Trump did it. When Trump was first elected, he also maintained a cordial relationship with him to secure benefits for Apple. Is this something to praise? Absolutely no! But is it understandable? For me, it is. Tim Cook also made a statement defending Apple’s core values of equanimity and equality, even after Trump halted equality policies in American companies. You should check what Google and Meta said instead.

  • turtl@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Never heard of Timothy Mellon. Seems like a delightful guy based on a quick internet search…

  • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 day ago

    That would be CRAZY if some of these people who donated MILLIONS of Dollars to Trump were now in Positions of Government Power! CRAZY!

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
    1·
    1 day ago
    • Linda McMahon of WWE: $16 million
    • Bigelow Aerospace: $14.1 million
    • Laura & Issac Perlmutter Foundation: 12.4 million

    Wild to see them high up the list - who knew Skinwalker Ranch was generating that amount of money? OK, it isn’t, but still…

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
      1·
      1 day ago

      Earlier I shared this with a friend as it pretty much underlined how weird things have got:

      The US Department of Education intends to lay off nearly half of its workforce. The layoffs of 1,300 people were announced by the department on Tuesday and described by the education secretary, Linda McMahon, as a “significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system”.

      …

      Trump campaigned on a promise to close the department, claiming it had been overtaken by “radicals, zealots and Marxists”. At McMahon’s confirmation hearing, she acknowledged that only Congress has the power to abolish the agency but said it might be due for cuts and a reorganization.

      I suspect most of us would rather take an unprotected chair shot to the head than whatever this nonsense is.

      I presume Vince’s pardon is already drawn up awaiting a signature.

  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM
    1·
    1 day ago

    British American Tabacco: $10 million

    That explains why they took off the research on the dangers of Tobacco from the gov’s website.