Google and Boeing have each given $1 million to President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee, joining a growing list of major corporations supporting the Jan. 20 event.
“Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration, with a livestream on YouTube and a direct link on our homepage. We’re also donating to the inaugural committee.” Google’s Global Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy Karan Bhatia said in an emailed statement.
Google has donated previously to other presidential inaugural funds. The tech giant will assist users in watching the inauguration by promoting links on its homepage and YouTube, a company spokesperson said.
Boeing confirmed the same level donation to The Hill.
“We are pleased to continue Boeing’s bipartisan tradition of supporting U.S. Presidential Inaugural Committees,” Boeing’s spokesperson said in a statement emailed to The Hill on Thursday.
The airplane behemoth has given $1 million to each of the past three presidential inaugural committees, according to the company.
They join a host of other corporations, including Meta, Amazon and Uber, that have contributed to Trump’s inaugural fund ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20. Toyota and Ford have also contributed $1 million each to the fund.
Besides financially contributing to the fund, their top executives, including Google’s Sundar Pinchai and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, have met with the incoming commander-in-chief at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida residence.
The meetings coupled with contributions point to a change among some corporations looking to forge a stronger relationship with the president-elect as he is set to take the Oval Office later this month.
