Apple CEO Tim Cook has fostered a close relationship with Trump over the years. He frequently called Trump when he was in office and sat in on meetings for the administration's Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
“Congratulations President Trump on your victory!” Cook wrote in a November 6 X post. “We look forward to engaging with you and your administration to help make sure the United States to lead with and be fueled by ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.”
Apple itself not expected to make any donations to the incoming president, according to a report Friday by Axios, which first reported on Cook’s planned million-dollar donation. “Cook, a proud Alabama native, believes the inauguration is a great American tradition, and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity,” per Axios’s report, citing anonymous sources.