Has Deezer Music donated to Trump or Rebuplican things at all

Checked on January 19, 2026
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Executive summary

Deezer has no documented record in the provided reporting of having donated to Donald Trump, his inauguration, or Republican political causes; Deezer’s own Code of Ethics explicitly forbids direct or indirect political contributions [1]. Public outrage after the 2017 inauguration has centered on Spotify and other big tech firms, not on Deezer, and some user posts explicitly assert Deezer did not finance Trump while criticizing Spotify for a donation [2] [3] [4].

1. What the available evidence actually shows

A direct search through the supplied material yields no evidence that Deezer made donations to Trump or to Republican political entities; the documents and web pages supplied discuss Deezer’s business, partnerships and investor relations without any record of political giving [5]. Where political donations are documented in the music-streaming space, coverage repeatedly names Spotify (reported as having donated $150,000 to Trump’s inauguration in multiple outlets) rather than Deezer [3] [4].

2. Deezer’s formal rules on political contributions

Deezer’s Code of Ethics — an investor-facing corporate document produced by the company — states that “any direct or indirect contribution to political organizations, parties or personalities is strictly prohibited,” and that grants, donations and sponsorships require express legal approval [1]. That internal prohibition is a strong corporate-level policy signal that would make routine corporate donations to partisan causes inconsistent with stated company rules [1].

3. Why confusion exists: Spotify and user chatter

Online community threads and media coverage about music platforms and the 2017 inauguration make it easy to conflate companies; user posts in Spotify forums and broader commentary contrast Spotify’s reported donation with alternatives like Deezer and Tidal, explicitly urging users to “move to Deezer” because it’s based in France and “not financing Trump” [2] [6]. Mainstream reporting cited in the dataset, including Mixmag and DJ Mag, focuses on Spotify’s reported $150,000 contribution to the inauguration fund, and those articles — not Deezer materials — are the provenance for the controversy [3] [4].

4. Ownership, investors and the limits of corporate nationality arguments

Some community claims point to American investors holding stakes in European platforms as a rationale for blaming non‑US companies for US political spending, but the supplied Deezer investor pages describe partnerships and global strategy without showing any political contributions originating from Deezer or its investors in the provided records [5]. The community assertions that “~38% of Deezer is owned by an American private investor” appear in user posts but are not substantiated within the provided dataset; therefore that point cannot be verified or used to prove political donations [2] [5].

5. Bottom line and outstanding gaps in the record

Based on the documents and reporting supplied, there is no evidence that Deezer donated to Trump or to Republican political causes, and Deezer’s published Code of Ethics explicitly bars direct or indirect political contributions [1]. The dataset does include clear reporting and community discussion that attributes an inaugural donation to Spotify and mentions widespread user reaction and platform-switching advice, which likely fuels misattribution toward other services like Deezer [3] [4] [2].

6. What cannot be concluded from the provided sources

The supplied material does not include an exhaustive audit of Deezer’s political spending at every jurisdictional level, nor does it include comprehensive public filings of every investor or corporate affiliate; therefore it is not possible on this record to categorically rule out any indirect, historical, or affiliate-level political expenditures outside the company’s declared policy [1] [5]. For definitive confirmation one would need searchable political donation databases or company disclosures beyond the Code of Ethics and the investor pages provided here.

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