Trump White House Sells Corporate Sponsorships for Easter Egg Roll, Marking New Level of Institutional Capture
The 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll marked an unprecedented moment of corporate capture, with tech giants Meta, YouTube, and Amazon purchasing sponsorship packages ranging from $75,000 to $200,000. These packages included branded activation spaces, event brunch tickets, and potential meet-and-greet opportunities, transforming a traditional presidential event into a corporate marketing platform.
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- Corporate Sponsorships Transform White House Easter Egg Roll (2025-04-19)
- First Corporate-Sponsored White House Easter Egg Roll Draws Trump Pals Amazon, Google, Meta (2025-04-18)
- Welcome to Big Tech Easter: YouTube, Meta, and Amazon all get sponsor spots at the White House Egg Roll (2025-04-21)
- Musk is positioned to profit off billions in new government contracts (2025-03-23)
- Representatives Lynch and Connolly Lead Oversight Investigation into Elon Musk's Conflicts of Interest at DoD (2025-04-04)
- List of Elon Musk's Government Contracts as Trump Threatens To Terminate (2025-03-23)
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