"Raising $200 million after Trump's presidential election"...Washington Post's comments are "flaming up."

[Anchor]
It is reported that 300 billion won has been raised in the two months since the presidential election as major companies continue to donate to Trump.

The Washington Post, a leading U.S. media outlet, has been embroiled in controversy over its satirical cartoons of large donations.

I'm a YouTube reporter on the report.

[Reporter]
A press conference held after receiving a promise of $100 billion in investment from Japan's Softbank.

President-elect Trump bragged about this, mentioning Apple and Google CEOs who visited Florida earlier.

[Donald Trump/ U.S. President-elect: One of the biggest differences is that everyone fought me during the first term, but this time, they want to be friends]

The changed atmosphere is confirmed by large donations.

The New York Times said Trump raised about $200 million and 300 billion won for two months after the presidential election.

In particular, donations collected at the inauguration ceremony alone amounted to $150 million, more than double that of President Biden.

With numerous companies on the donation procession, Big Tech CEOs, who once criticized Trump, also participated in the process under their personal names.

Companies that stopped making political donations after the 2021 occupation of the Capitol have also slowly reopened their wallets.

This situation is further raising concerns about money politics.

[Thomas Gift / University College London Professor: Trump's Cabinet includes the largest number of billionaires in American history. In the end, it shows that money speaks.

The controversy over donations was sparked by the Washington Post.

The Washington Post cartoonist resigned in protest after he was refused to publish a satirical cartoon of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and others.

The Washington Post has already explained that the move came after a similar column was published.

Bezos has also been embroiled in controversy during the last presidential campaign against the Washington Post's longstanding practice of publicly endorsing Democratic candidates.

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