Boeing and Google give $1 million every to Trump's inauguration

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US aviation big Boeing has advised BBC News it’s donating $1m (£812,600) to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund.

Google has additionally confirmed that it has made the same donation as each firms be part of the rising checklist of main US firms to contribute to the fund.

The checklist additionally contains oil producer Chevron and expertise giants Meta, Amazon and Uber.

Trump's inauguration, marking the start of his second time period within the White House, is scheduled to happen on January 20.

“We are pleased to continue Boeing's bipartisan tradition of supporting U.S. presidential inaugural committees,” Boeing mentioned.

The firm mentioned it has made related donations to every of the final three presidential inaugural fundraisers.

Boeing is working to get well from a security and high quality management disaster in addition to losses from final yr's strike.

The firm can be constructing the subsequent presidential airplane, referred to as Air Force One. Both jets are anticipated to enter service early subsequent yr.

During his first time period as president, Trump pressured the plane producer to renegotiate its contract, deeming the preliminary deal too costly.

Google turns into the newest huge tech agency to donate to the fund, following related bulletins from Meta and Amazon. It additionally mentioned it could stream the occasion worldwide.

“Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration with a livestream on YouTube and a direct link on our homepage,” mentioned Karan Bhatia, Google's international head of presidency affairs and public coverage.

Car firms Ford, General Motors and Toyota have additionally donated $1 million to the inaugural committee.

In the vitality trade, Chevron confirmed it had donated to the fund, however declined to say how a lot.

Bill Turen, supervisor of world media relations for Chevron, mentioned, “Chevron has a long tradition of celebrating democracy by supporting inaugural committees of both parties. We are proud to do so again this year.”

With inputs from BBC

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