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It's less than .05% of his worth. It's like us dropping pocket change in the Red Cross bucket and he'll make more than that in profit from changes the bribe paid for from the great cheetoh.

A rich white cis gay man backstabbing trans people?

This never happens, I'm shocked!

I’ll defend Apple as being the least shitty of the big tech giants but I can’t defend this.

Why would you do that though? The only thing I'm aware of that they do even remotely better than anyone else is privacy. But it's not that much better, and it comes at the cost of gestures at everything else

Pathetic thinly veiled bribe

Imagine being a woman working for Apple and having a CEO who funds a rapist.

Why does such a thing as an inaugural fund exist? Seems like it's just to facilitate more corruption!

As a Bi man there is something that particularly stings about a well known, openly gay CEO funding a man who is hateful towards LGBTQ+ people. I never really liked him nor apple but it is an extra fuck you.

Being rich is ultimately the disease as it compels him to appeal to power but I hope the last things hears is "Told you I would kill you last".

No matter how much money they spend on this party they're still celebrating putting a convicted con man in the White House - whoopeee! - while the chumps who voted for him say, "What... my meds aren't covered anymore?"

Congratulations on flushing your country down a solid gold toilet, "conservatives".

He’s doing this to avoid being associated with Apple, but this only highlights that he’s personally a piece of shit, in addition to Apple.

Fuck him, fuck Apple, and fuck all those other motherfucking bootlickers enabling these fucking fascists.

Gross. Sick of rich assholes enabling the fascist.

I’ll defend Apple as being the least shitty of the big tech giants but I can’t defend this.

You can defend settler colonialism?

It really is a class war, not a culture war.

These CEOs are funding hate, violence and the end of American democracy - they have enough power, money and influence to oppose, yet they don't. They decided that a few must be sacrificed for the greater ~~good~~ profit.

Something happened on the 4th of December. Today is the 4th of January. Just in case anyone's calendar app is stuck closed. Interesting if true...

Absolutely disgusting

Paying largesse/protection money.

What the fucking, fuck.

They're being shaken down. Same as Mark Zuckerberg being summoned to a meeting with Trump and the next day paying $1m to the same fund.

I'm betting these meetings went something like, "You don't want a president as an enemy, do you? Cough up."

And don't think of it as a tax on the rich - it's not going towards the benefit of the American people. It's extortion.

They’re all “donating” the same amount.

And also this is the largest inaugural fund in history. In comparison to his previous which was $107m this is so far over $150m.

Considering Bidens and both of Obamas were between $50m and $70m is this not ringing alarm bells with anyone? Or is this something to “look” in to in like 7 years time when no one gives a shit.

Beggars belief.

All these Billionaires PAYING Trump MILLIONS of Dollars is PROOF he CANT be Bought!

Amazon, Meta, Uber, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Coinbase, Toyota, Ford, GM, AT&T, Black & Decker, and Charter Communications are also making donations to Trump's inauguration fund.

I guess I never really paid attention before but is it normal for companies to donate to an inauguration fund? It sure seems like a government sanctioned protection racket.

This country makes me sick to my stomach. What a fucking joke.

Paying his tribute to the king. He'll have to donate more if he wants to usurp Elon. How much has Zuck donated?

Fuck Tim Apple

Have inauguration funds always been a thing? Or is this a Trump thing? What’s the purpose?

I can understand campaign funds. But if you’ve won I don’t know if I understand a candidate specific donation after the fact.

I guess it was that or a blow job.

Meh, I was never going to buy their shitty crap anyway.

Bad gay!

When you’re a traitor to your own kind for the sake of an unquenchable thirst for profit, you become an enemy to LGBTQ+ folks. Siding with the neo-Nazis only makes it worse.

Fuck you, Tim Apple

Steve Jobs would have fired you the instant he thought you might do this. He might’ve been a legendary prick for his entire career, but at least he had a set of ethics and morals.

It's not going to make him remember your actual name, Tim.

You'll always be Tim Apple to him.

Tim Cook is hoping to be spared when Trump starts purging gay people.

Way to go, Tim Apple