Donald Trump’s Haters Now Begging for Mercy: Buying Their Way Into His Good Graces – You Won’t Believe What They’re Doing!

With Inauguration Day coming up, a watchdog group has revealed that President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund has received an enormous amount of money from big companies and wealthy people hoping to gain favor with the new administration. This level of corporate and special-interest donations is unprecedented and raises serious concerns about how much influence money has over the government.

The research, done by Public Citizen, shows a list of known donations to Trump’s inaugural committee. This committee doesn’t have limits on how much people or companies can donate, and it doesn’t have to pay taxes. Companies like Amazon, Apple, Chevron, Microsoft, Google, Pfizer, and even cryptocurrency platforms like Coinbase have donated large amounts. Some wealthy individuals, such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have also given money. So far, the fund has raised $150 million, a record-breaking amount, and it could go beyond $200 million by the time of the inauguration.

According to Public Citizen, many of these donations come from industries like Big Tech, cryptocurrency, and government contractors—groups that want to do business with the federal government. Some of these donors were once critical of Trump, especially after the January 6 riots, but they are now donating because they fear backlash or want to stay in Trump’s good graces.

Some of the companies donating are also under investigation by the government, which makes people wonder if their contributions are meant to win better treatment from the administration. This situation is worrying because it suggests that corporations and wealthy people can buy access to government leaders while ordinary citizens can’t.

Craig Holman, an expert on government ethics from Public Citizen, called the situation a “record-breaking cesspool” of special-interest money. He said it’s a major example of how rich individuals and corporations use their wealth to influence public policies and secure profitable government contracts.

This isn’t the first time Trump’s inaugural fundraising has broken records. In 2017, his inaugural fund raised $107 million, which was already a record at the time. But this time, the amount is much higher. For example, billionaire Harold Hamm, a Trump supporter and oil executive, is hosting a private celebration for the fossil fuel industry on Inauguration Day. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to run the Interior Department, is one of the invited guests.

Trump has openly bragged about how many wealthy corporate leaders, including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, are supporting his administration. He’s also keeping track of companies that haven’t donated yet, pressuring them to contribute. This behavior has led to fears that companies feel forced to donate or risk being left out of important government decisions.

Public Citizen said that while it’s not new for companies to donate to presidential inaugural funds, the size of the donations this year and the reasons behind them are troubling. They described it as a way for wealthy people and businesses to “buy access” to the president and his closest advisors. This kind of influence is only available to those with millions of dollars, leaving ordinary people with no voice in these decisions.

To fix this, Public Citizen has urged Congress to pass new laws. They want to ban donations from corporations and lobbyists to inaugural funds, set strict limits on how much anyone can donate, and require full transparency about where the money comes from and how it’s spent. They said that presidential inaugurations should be about celebrating democracy, not giving wealthy people a way to influence the government. This would help ensure fairness and reduce the risk of corruption in politics.