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00:02Technology giants NVIDIA and Apple each pledged $25 million to President Donald Trump's White
00:08House Ballroom renovation project, according to CNBC.
00:11The donations were among the largest contributions to the project, which totaled more than $330
00:16million.
00:17Amazon, Palantir, ServiceNow, Meta Platforms and Microsoft also contributed millions.
00:23Cisco and ServiceNow confirmed donations of $5 million each.
00:26The Post reported that donations were routed through a non-profit trust with 67 contributions
00:31exceeding $10,000 as of late September.
00:34Lawmakers and experts have raised concerns about whether private donations could influence
00:39federal policy decisions or government contract awards.
00:41Several technology companies have secured hundreds of millions in federal contracts during Trump's
00:46second term.
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