Toyota donating $1m to Donald Trump's inauguration - report

[Eugene]

Toyota donating $1m to Donald Trump’s inauguration – report (The Guardian)

Toyota is reportedly donating $1m to Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The report, per Reuters citing a company spokesperson, comes one day after Ford and General Motors said they would donate $1m each to the president-elect’s inaugural fund. The two US automakers will also provide vehicles to the 20 January event, the outlet reported.

The donations follow similar $1m contributions by Amazon and Meta as large companies look to cozy up to Trump in return for favorable treatment after he is in office. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has also said he would make a personal donation of $1m.

Trump’s proposed tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada would affect many automakers and could deliver supply chain shocks across the auto industry.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/24/toyota-trump-inauguration-donation

[Ocelot II]

1. They're all just folding like cheap lawn chairs...

[bdamomma]

20. They are

kissing the ring.

[Irish_Dem]

2. No one bothers to hide the blatant, vulgar display of corruption.

[Blue_Tires]

4. Why hide it? It's been totally normalized...

And if anyone complains, Donnie or Elmer can damn them to oblivion with one angry tweet...

What really scares me is there's an entire generation of teens and twenty-somethings who are growing up believing this is how legitimate presidents behave...

[Irish_Dem]

5. And that traitors, rapists, drug addicts will be rewarded with high office.

We are teaching our young people to be narcissists and psychopaths.

[Blue_Tires]

7. And racist

And believing that whiteness is the #1 job qualification

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yes. White male minority rule is the only right way to govern.

[Charging Triceratops]

10. I used to think we needed another FDR

Now I'm wondering if we don't need another Lenin.

[Irish_Dem]

11. It is heading for another WWII.

To wipe the evil fascists off the planet again.

[Mister Ed]

14. Alas, it may well wipe the rest of humanity off the face of the planet along with the fascists. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

19. The billionaires and fascists don't seem to care how many people they kill.

Hitler caused the death of 75 million people world wide and did't blink an eye.

[Celerity]

13. Vulgar Display Of Power

[Polybius]

15. Incredible album

Cowboys From Hell is up there too.

[Blue_Tires]

3. Everyone knows Donnie is 100 percent transactional

So any corporation that isn't already in line at mar-a-lago with a "donation" to the "inaugural fund" or "presidential library" is falling behind to their competitors...

And this has to be by far the wealthiest "inaugural fund" in recorded history... But there's no point investigating it because Donnie and his apartheid errand boy are 100 percent above any laws of God or man...

I just want to know what all those working class white folks who evidently can't afford bacon think about their vote for this parade of billionaire corruption...

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

6. Wow Toyota, really "Going Places" alright--straight to the f*cking sewer.

Might have to de-badge my 4runner.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. It's a pay to play country now.

Just open corruption and corporations who don’t participate will be targeted by this administration.

[FloridaBlues]

12. This country is about to go through some big changes.

By the billionaires and oligarchs totaling running this country. Every dept, every branch of government. We won’t recognize it in 4 short years. Even if we take over congress in 2 years will be meaningless by the time they dry us of money in America.

[Greg_In_SF]

16. To be fair

this goes both ways. I didn't see anyone complaining when Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield gave money to President Biden's inauguration.

That company is just as evil as United Healthcare!

[raccoon]

17. What a crock of shit.

[Liberal In Texas]

18. They're all tripping over each other to suck up to the con man.

Does Toyota think that they'll be immune from the tariffs that are coming?

[bdamomma]

21. I hope

all that greed and corruption chokes them all. Who's to say that that 1% starts inner fighting within themselves with who wants the most money through their corruption deals. I want to see that!!! Because I want to see them turn against each other.