Australian Billionaires Back Trump With Full-Page Ads Amid Inauguration Buzz

Packaging magnate Anthony Pratt and Australia’s wealthiest person Gina Rinehart will both attend the inauguration.
Australian Billionaires Back Trump With Full-Page Ads Amid Inauguration Buzz
President-Elect Donald Trump speaks at his victory rally at the Capital One Arena on Jan. 19, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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As Donald Trump prepares to take office, Australian billionaires Anthony Pratt and Gina Rinehart have publicly thrown their support behind him through full-page advertisements in major American newspapers.

Pratt, the packaging magnate, placed an ad in The New York Times featuring a map of the United States congratulating Trump and endorsing his economic agenda.