Google acknowledged that it might livestream President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on YouTube.
Boeing and Google will every donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, becoming a member of the checklist of U.S. corporations contributing funds for the Jan. 20 ceremony.
The 2 corporations confirmed their donations on Thursday in statements to information retailers. Google acknowledged that it might livestream the inauguration on YouTube and supply a direct hyperlink on its homepage.
The tech big stated it had beforehand hosted livestreams of different presidential inaugural ceremonies and made contributions to these occasions.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai congratulated Trump after his election win in November 2024.
Boeing acknowledged that its donation quantity is in step with its earlier contributions to the previous three presidential inaugurations, together with Trump’s inauguration in 2017 throughout his first presidential time period.
The planemaker has been below enhanced oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) following the Jan. 5, 2024, incident by which a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airways Boeing 737 Max 9 in mid-air.
In January 2020, Trump referred to as Boeing “a giant disappointment” in an interview with CNBC after the planemaker delayed the return of the 737 Max fleet to service worldwide following two deadly crashes—one involving Indonesia’s Lion Air flight in 2018 and the opposite involving an Ethiopian Airways flight in 2019—that collectively left 349 folks useless.
American Airways has additionally pledged to donate $1 million to the president-elect’s inaugural committee. Oil producer Chevron stated on Thursday that it might make a contribution however didn’t specify the quantity.
Main automakers, together with Ford, Toyota, and Basic Motors, have every pledged to donate $1 million to Trump’s inaugural funds.
Trump’s inaugural committee has raised greater than $170 million, surpassing outgoing President Joe Biden’s inauguration, which raised about $62 million.
Amazon, Meta Enhancing Relations With Trump
Amazon introduced final month that it might donate $1 million to the inauguration, marking a turning level within the firm’s beforehand strained relationship with Trump. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was noticed eating with the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 19, 2024.
Trump has beforehand criticized The Washington Submit, owned by Bezos, over its political protection. Bezos, in flip, publicly condemned a few of Trump’s rhetoric and accused him of bias in a 2019 lawsuit over a $10 billion Pentagon contract.
Bezos has not too long ago expressed optimism about Trump’s second time period and endorsed proposed regulatory reforms whereas at a enterprise summit final month.
Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photograph
Trump later expressed his appreciation to Zuckerberg on a podcast for reaching out to him following the assassination try.
Throughout a Dec. 16, 2024, press convention at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Trump talked about how a lot simpler the present transition has been than after his first election.
“The primary time, all people was preventing me,” Trump stated. “This time, everybody needs to be my good friend.”
Caden Pearson and Samantha Flom contributed to this report.