President Trump hosted dozens of business titans on Wednesday as he seeks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to add a ballroom to the White House.

The guest list for the East Room dinner included representatives from almost two dozen corporations, including tech firms like Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Palantir, tobacco companies Altria and Reynolds American and telecom giants T-Mobile and Comcast, according to a list provided to CBS News by the White House.

Other notable guests included oil magnate Harold Hamm, sugar industrialist Pepe Fanjul and Tampa Bay Buccaneers owners Edward and Shari Glazer.

The cryptocurrency industry — which the Trump administration has sought closer ties to — was well-represented at the event, including Coinbase, Ripple, Tether

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