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List of American companies that support President Donald Trump (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by zaxvenz@lemm.ee to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Elon Musk: $290 million
Timothy Mellon: $150 million
Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research: $106 million
Linda McMahon of WWE: $16 million
Hendricks Holding Co: $15 million
Bigelow Aerospace: $14.1 million
Laura & Issac Perlmutter Foundation: 12.4 million
ABC Supply: $11 million
Cantor Fitzgerald: $11 million
Uline: $10 million
Pratt Industries: $10 million
British American Tabacco: $10 million
Southern Waste Systems: $9 million
Elliott Management: $7 million
Andreesseen Horowitz: $7 million
Viotl Inc: $6 million
Timothy Dunn of CrownQuest: $5 million
Jeff Sprecher of Intercontinental Exchange and Kelly Loeffler: $4.9 million
Phil Ruffin, a business partner of Trump's: $3.3 million
Jimmy John Liautaud of Jimmy John's: $3.1 million
Geoffrey Palmer: $3 million
Bernard Marcus, former CEO of Home Depot: $2.7 million
Robert Johnson, owner of New York Jets: $2.7 million
Winklevoss twins: $2.6 million
Kenny Troutt of Excel Communications: $2.2 million
George Bishop of GeoSouthern Energy: $2 million
J. Joe Ricketts of TD Ameritrade: $2 million
Chevron: $2 million
Robinhood Markets: $2 million
Andrew Beal of Beal Bank: $1.8 million
Don Ahern of Xtreme Manufacturing: $1.1 million
Roger Penske of Penske Corporation: $1.1 million
Steve Wynn: $1.1 million
Richard Kurtz of The Kamson Corporation: $1.1 million
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple: $1 million
Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners: $1 million
Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital: $1 million
OpenAI: $1 million
ExxonMobil: $1 million
Amazon: $1 million
Meta: $1 million
Uber: $1 million
Boeing: $1 million
Qualcomm: $1 million
Coinbase: $1 million
Kraken: $1 million
Galaxy Digital Holdings: $1 million
Crypto.com: $1 million
Paradigm Operations: $1 million
Goldman Sachs: $1 million
Altria: $1 million
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: $1 million
Bayer: $1 million
Johnson & Johnson: $1 million
National Association of Manufacturers: $1 million
AT&T: $1 million
Comcast: $1 million
Verizon: $1 million
Carrier: $1 million
Intuit: $1 million
Coupang: $1 million
GE Vernova: $500,000
QCells: $500,000
Ericsson: $500,000
CoreCivic: $500,000
GEO Group: $500,000
Abbott Laboratories: $500,000
PayPal: $250,000
HCA Healthcare: $250,000
Oklo Inc: $250,000
Coca Cola: $250,000
American Beverage Association: $250,000
Syngenta: $250,000
International Flavors & Fragrances: $250,000
Elevance Health: $150,000
American Clean Power Association: $100,000
Instacart: $100,000
Airbnb: $100,000
Socure: $100,000
Barnes & Thornburg LLP: $100,000

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[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

Fucking coke, it's the only soda I drink but not only do they support Trump, they dime out their own workers to ICE. So there's no way in hell I'm going to buy it again. Fuckin wack.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

remember, when you see these company's products in stores, they can be damaged easily. accidentally, even. be careful!

[–] spamspeicher@feddit.org 7 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

What a great idea! The store has to write off a loss AND has to buy more of the product. The only winner is the company you try to sabotage because thanks to you they have a higher revenue and possibly profit.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

Depends on the store. Some big store like Walmart and even smaller ones like gas stations operate essentially on consignment for large sections of the store.

They'll have a Coca-Cola section on the shelves that's reserved for Coke products and are even stocked by Coca-Cola employees, and Coke is paid when the store sells the product.

There are also brands that pay for their products specifically to be separated from the competition. For instance, if you go to the chip aisle, and you'll find Tostito's queso with the Tostidos chips. That queso isn't located with the other cheese dips on the condiment aisle, because they pay for the stores not to have their impulse-buy products located where a customer can easily look and see that the other brand is 1/2 the price.

[–] spamspeicher@feddit.org 1 points 2 minutes ago

I'm aware of that. I even wanted to add an asterisk to my text but couldn't remember that it was called consignment, so I left it out.

In the end you don't know for sure if a store operates on consignment, and in return if you sabotage the store or the company. And even if you know, destroying products, all the labour, resources and energy that went into it, just to fuck a company is still stupid and wasteful.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Biggest corporate donor: Israel through their proxy Adelson Clinic, run by Miriam Adelson

2nd biggest: Aluminum and Steel (which explains the focus on these material in the tariffs) Hendricks

3rd biggest: a 5 years-defunct aerospace company that has a paranormal webinar with their founder advertised on their homepage Bigelow

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I did not realise that healthcare companies can also have their faces eaten by leopards, considering who Trump appointed on NIH 🤣🤣🤣

[–] stochastic_parrot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

It doesn't hurt to have an online archive for this page: https://web.archive.org/web/20250309163522/https://www.newsweek.com/american-businesses-supporting-donating-donald-trump-list-2027957

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It's cool, I've never heard of most of them. It probably means that they're the owners of all the stuff in my cupboards though.

[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 4 points 9 hours ago

Nice list. I would like to know the European companies too. Like Spotify for example.

[–] lysol@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Ericsson, the most corrupt shit company in Sweden. Yes, Ericsson is Swedish, yet is still in this list.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

So is Spotify.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Wait Kraken is that the company that makes git kraken?

[–] djoot@feddit.dk 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Crypto company seemingly

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Ah ok fuck crypto lol

[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its OK, I just boycott everything. :)

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

even better... go on a general strike now!... do the rest of the world a favour and take care of the rabid dog you let out of the cage

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 41 points 1 day ago

Private prison companies CoreCivic and GEO Group each donated $500,000, potentially positioning themselves to benefit from Trump's planned immigration policies. GEO Group's executive chairman, George Zoley, explicitly acknowledged these benefits, stating: "We believe that the private sector will play a critical role in assisting the government in carrying out its objectives...The GEO Group was built for this unique moment in our country's history and the opportunities that it will bring."

Absolutely heinous

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Pretty sure Tim Apple of Apple Cook computers donated a cool million to Trumps inauguration as well, which is weird as Trump is trying to destroy gay people and Tim Apple is in fact quite gay.

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/apple-ceo-tim-cook-donates-1-million-trump-inauguration-1236265079/

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

So is Peter Thiel but that hasn’t stopped him either

[–] zaxvenz@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

added to list, although from the article this was a personal donation from Cook himself, Apple itself was not expected to make any donations.

[–] StrangeMed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

In the article, it’s explained why Trump did it. When Trump was first elected, he also maintained a cordial relationship with him to secure benefits for Apple. Is this something to praise? Absolutely no! But is it understandable? For me, it is. Tim Cook also made a statement defending Apple’s core values of equanimity and equality, even after Trump halted equality policies in American companies. You should check what Google and Meta said instead.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

British American Tabacco: $10 million

That explains why they took off the research on the dangers of Tobacco from the gov’s website.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 9 points 15 hours ago

And Altria ($1 million): Marlboro, Virginia Slims etc

https://brandsownedby.com/what-companies-does-altria-own/

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are you fucking serious?

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everything has a price.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

I’ve tried to find sources on this but I can’t find any. Know where to look?

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 1 day ago

Your list gives a much clearer picture of the enemy. Thank you!

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Thanks, as a Canadian it's appreciated. I'll print this off after I look for any additions others mention and then post it on my fridge and Joplin.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

I wonder if he keeps whining about the CHIPS act because Intel didn't pay him his bribe?

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

well shit... i need abbot glucose sensors 😔😞

[–] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You don't have to be perfect in a boycott. Avoid what you can, not what you can't.

[–] oxytocin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

This is so important! Don't let it overwhelm you.

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Exactly, do not let perfection be the enemy of good enough

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

That would be CRAZY if some of these people who donated MILLIONS of Dollars to Trump were now in Positions of Government Power! CRAZY!

[–] turtl@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

Never heard of Timothy Mellon. Seems like a delightful guy based on a quick internet search...

[–] blackberry@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago

thanks for letting me know where my money goes. good information to promote, whether you want to support, not support, or don't care afterwards. information should be clear

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linda McMahon of WWE: $16 million

Bigelow Aerospace: $14.1 million

Laura & Issac Perlmutter Foundation: 12.4 million

Wild to see them high up the list - who knew Skinwalker Ranch was generating that amount of money? OK, it isn't, but still...

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Earlier I shared this with a friend as it pretty much underlined how weird things have got:

The US Department of Education intends to lay off nearly half of its workforce. The layoffs of 1,300 people were announced by the department on Tuesday and described by the education secretary, Linda McMahon, as a “significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system”.

...

Trump campaigned on a promise to close the department, claiming it had been overtaken by “radicals, zealots and Marxists”. At McMahon’s confirmation hearing, she acknowledged that only Congress has the power to abolish the agency but said it might be due for cuts and a reorganization.

I suspect most of us would rather take an unprotected chair shot to the head than whatever this nonsense is.

I presume Vince's pardon is already drawn up awaiting a signature.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 9 hours ago

If you fire everyone, you haven't technically abolished the department. There's still the cabinet level position getting paid, so the department still exists.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 1 day ago

https://www.opensecrets.org/

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Not Paradigm!!