Apple CEO Tim Cook to attend President Trump’s inauguration

Apple CEO Tim Cook and U.S. President Donald Trump at tech summit in June 2017
Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to attend the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, joining a significant group of Silicon Valley leaders making their way to Washington for the event. Also expected to be present are Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla Inc., who has emerged as one of Trump’s key supporters and financial contributors.:
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Many, including Cook, have traveled to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where the president-elect and Musk have held a series of private meetings and dinners to discuss plans for the coming term.
The incoming president has raised $200 million for his inauguration, according to a person familiar with the fundraising effort, shattering previous records and underscoring corporate efforts to build rapport with the new administration.
For Apple in particular, the company is eager to avoid new tariffs on its signature iPhone, as well as European regulatory crackdowns on its App Store. Cook leveraged a personal relationship with Trump during his first term to win tariff carveouts for Apple products.
Shortly following the election, Cook posted to social media that the company looked “forward to engaging with you and your administration to help make sure the United States continues to lead with and be fueled by ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.”

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MacDailyNews Note: Earlier this month, Axios reported that Cook personally donated $1 million to President Trump’s inaugural committee.

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