Trump Holds Intensive Meetings with Silicon Valley CEOs, Hosts Apple CEO Cook

On December 14, news from Securities Times reported that Trump is holding intensive meetings with Silicon Valley CEOs. On Friday night, he hosted Apple CEO Cook at Mar-a-Lago. Reports indicate that Cook is the latest among a series of major tech leaders, including OpenAI's Altman, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon's Bezos, who are seeking to improve their relationships with the soon-to-be-inaugurated president after a tumultuous relationship during Trump's first term. It is known that last month, Trump had dinner with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and this Thursday he met with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Furthermore, Trump stated that he plans to meet with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos next week. There are reports that OpenAI CEO Altman donated $1 million to the inauguration fund of elected President Trump, and the artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity also donated $1 million. Meta recently confirmed that it has donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund, and it is reported that Amazon also plans to donate $1 million to the inauguration fund of elected President Trump.