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CEOs “Bend the Knee” at Mar-a-Lago

Business executives are scrambling to build bridges with Trump after "abandoning" him following 6 January 2021

Apple CEO Tim Cook dined at Mar-a-Lago with Trump on Friday, a day after Google bigwigs Sundar Pichai and Sergey Brin. Jeff Bezos will dine there this week

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This week was the “week CEOs bent the knee to Trump,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

“When Donald Trump arrived at the New York Stock Exchange this week for a postelection victory lap, dozens of influential executives lined up to catch glimpse of the man who holds the future of their businesses in his hands,” the Journal reports.

“Gathered behind red velvet ropes were senior executives at Visa, Meta Platforms, Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab and Citadel, according to people who were present. Real-estate and aerospace magnate Robert Bigelow was spotted in the crowd, as was investor Bill Ackman.”

The Journal notes that “titans of the business world” are now “rushing to make inroads with the president-elect,” after “abandoning” him following the events of 6 January 2021.

“The outreach is a remarkable change of fortunes for Trump, who became persona non grata to companies after the Jan. 6 attack,” the Journal continues.

“In response, Amazon, Comcast and General Electric pledged to stop donations to the Republican lawmakers who objected to President Biden’s victory. Some corporations such as AT&T, ConocoPhillips, Dow Inc., Facebook and United Parcel Service said they would pause campaign donations from their political-action committees to lawmakers and political candidate.”

But now top executives are banking on cultivating personal relationships with Trump in order to protect their business interests.

Apple CEO Tim Cook dined at Mar-a-Lago with Trump on Friday, a day after Google bigwigs Sundar Pichai and Sergey Brin.

Mark Zuckerberg visited on Thanksgiving Eve, and Jeff Bezos is scheduled to visit this coming week.

Zuckerberg has donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund, and Bezos has indicated that he will match that donation.

Bezos’s relationship with Trump has been particularly fraught, but the Amazon billionaire has made a number of inroads in recent months, which include moving to Miami and befriending Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner. Ivanka and Jared attended Bezos’s 60th birthday party at his Beverly Hills Mansion.

Trump will also host at least 15 business leaders at Mar-a-Lago this Thursday for a fundraiser for political action committee, Make America Great Again Inc. Tickets for the event cost $1 million each.


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