President Donald Trump raised a record $239 million for his 2025 inauguration celebrations, propelled by contributions from corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals — including more than a dozen people Trump has nominated to a variety of roles in his administration.
Inaugural celebrations have become an opportunity for companies and wealthy individuals to support parties orpresidents-elect and to seek to curry favor with incoming administrations. In the most recent inauguration, Trump hauled in more than double the record he set in 2017.
Donors to his inaugural committee included picks for ambassadorships, members of Trump’s Cabinet and firms engaged in actions with federal agencies or those looking for favorable regulatory decisions, according to a Washington Post analysis ofa filing the inaugural committee made to the Federal Election Commission on Sunday.Some companies have sought to influence the new administration’s policies on trade, taxes and government spending.