Companies and top executives appear eager to curry favor with President-elect Donald Trump as he readies to take office later this month.
Trump’s inaugural committee raised over $170 million thus far, a record amount of money for any previous inaugural committee, five people briefed on the conversations told the New York Times’ Theodore Schleifer Maggie Haberman, and Kenneth P. Vogel.
The $170 million mark, which could reportedly reach $200 million, outpaces Trump’s reported 2017 inauguration committee raise of $107 million.
The inaugural committee is also reportedly no longer selling tickets to donors to attend Trump’s swearing-in and accompanying private events.
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The record number comes just four years after many of the same companies and executives turned their backs on Trump following the 2020 election.
The Times reported the remarkable shift
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