President Trump and the Easter rabbit wave during the annual roll of the Easter eggs in the White House on the Southern lawn on April 22, 2019.
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The White House is for the first time by soliciting corporate sponsors so that the annual event of Easter egg roles takes place on the southern lawn on Monday. This occurs when the leaders of billionaire technology have faced growing criticism to reconcile the Trump administration.
“In addition to classic egg hunting and egg hunting – with real, small and medium -sized eggs given by American egg producers – engineers will appreciate a wide range of entertainment activities thanks to the White House Historical Association and its partnerships,” said the White House in a press release.
Among the sponsors were companies such as YouTube, Amazon and Facebook and Instagram Parent Company Meta.
The leaders of technology companies, in particular Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerburg of Meta and the CEO of Google Sundar Pichai were criticized for their companies’ Donations to Trumps Fund inauguration And for taking meetings with Trump and his allies.
The most notable among the technological billionaires to rub the elbows with Trump is the boss of Tesla, Elon Musk, who took unprecedented power in the White House, despite the fears that his involvement in federal affairs has marked a change in inappropriate and illegal government protocol.
Cnn reported for the first time Earlier this month, the White House had started to court sponsors to collect typically apolitical families, between $ 75,000 and $ 200,000. The White House says that the money collected will go to the White House Historical Association, a non -profit organization.
NPR contacted these companies, but they did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
The annual event dates back to the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes, according to the White House, and with the exception of the shortages of war and food, is a pillar of Pennsylvania avenue since 1878.
The event, which, according to the White House, will use eggs “given by American egg producers”, also occurs while egg prices in the United States have reached record Due to an avian flu epidemic which forced farmers at kill Millions of egg -weighted hens.
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