{"id":2380182,"date":"2024-12-14T20:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T01:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zuckerberg-bezos-among-tech-giants-kowtowing-to-trump-dont-be-fooled-by-the-friendly-gestures\/"},"modified":"2024-12-14T20:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T01:10:38","slug":"zuckerberg-bezos-among-tech-giants-kowtowing-to-trump-dont-be-fooled-by-the-friendly-gestures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zuckerberg-bezos-among-tech-giants-kowtowing-to-trump-dont-be-fooled-by-the-friendly-gestures\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg, Bezos Among Tech Giants Kowtowing to Trump &#8211; Don&#8217;t Be Fooled by the Friendly Gestures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzuckerberg-bezos-among-tech-giants-kowtowing-to-trump-dont-be-fooled-by-the-friendly-gestures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2380182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how major\u2062 tech\u200b executives,including Sam Altman (CEO of\u200d OpenAI),Mark Zuckerberg\u200c (meta),and Jeff Bezos \u200c(Amazon),are reassessing their stance toward President-elect Donald Trump,indicating a shift\u200c from outspoken opposition too financial support.Altman announced a $1 million \u2062donation to \u2063Trump\u2019s inauguration fund,following similar commitments from Zuckerberg and\u2064 Bezos. \u200dTech historian Margaret O&#8217;Mara points out that this change reflects a tactical recognition that aligning with Trump could be \u2063beneficial for these\u200d companies, especially\u200d regarding regulatory concerns. Despite their past conflicts with\u200b Trump, the executives appear to be\u2064 motivated by business interests \u2062rather than ideological\u2064 alignment. The article contrasts their\u2063 approach \u200dwith\u200d Elon Musk&#8217;s \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fitness-guru-jillian-michaels-asks-why-trump-could-go-to-jail-but-fauci-isnt\/\" title=\"Fitness expert Jillian Michaels questions why Trump faces the possibility of jail time while Dr. Fauci does not\">evolving political stance<\/a>, suggesting Musk&#8217;s support \u200dfor Trump \u200cmight potentially be more genuine compared to Zuckerberg and Bezos, who seem \u200cto \u200dbe reacting \u2062to the political climate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Big Tech is trying to make nice with President-elect Donald Trump, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean they&rsquo;ve changed their minds about him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/12\/13\/nx-s1-5227874\/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-amazon-facebook-open-ai-meta-inauguration-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Public Radio<\/a> reported Friday that several executives have made or plan to make donations to Trump&rsquo;s inauguration fund.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he will make a $1 million donation after Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s Meta and Jeff&rsquo;s Bezos&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/employees-across-20-countries-aim-make-amazon-pay-dealing-company-black-friday-blow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> promised the same amount to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Google CEO Sundar Pichai plans to meet with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>NPR spoke to Margaret O&rsquo;Mara, a Silicon Valley historian at the University of Washington, about these developments.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Mara indicated the motivation for these companies by telling NPR, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a recognition that there&rsquo;s not much to be gained in outspoken opposition, but perhaps there is something to be gained by being very clear about your support and hope that Trump does well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg and Bezos have had a turbulent relationship with Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/06\/04\/1003284948\/trump-suspended-from-facebook-for-2-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR previously noted<\/a>&nbsp;that Trump was banned from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/censorship-weeks-election-day-facebook-disables-journalists-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> for two years after the events of January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Looking further back, the House Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/testimony-reveals-fbi-employees-who-warned-social-media-companies-about-hack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that the Federal Bureau of Investigation colluded with to suppress news surrounding Hunter Biden&rsquo;s laptop before the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Amazon, Bezos is also the owner of the Washington Post, which has a well-documented record of blasting the former and future president.<\/p>\n<p>Election day was not the turning point as both men sensed a Trump victory well beforehand and behaved accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Zuckerberg told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bE7SyQWf4_U&amp;t=5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg Television<\/a> that Trump&rsquo;s reaction after being shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, was &ldquo;one of the most bada** things I&rsquo;ve ever seen in my life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In those critical days before the election, the Washington Post did not officially endorse Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-audience-cracks-jill-biden-appears-troll-kamala-harris-white-house-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Mara put the change of heart plainly. &ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-says-adam-schiff-and-john-brennan-are-more-dangerous-than-the-mob-at-the-capitol-video\/\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard Says Adam Schiff And John Brennan Are More Dangerous Than The Mob At The Capitol (VIDEO)\">tech industry<\/a> wants to get the regulatory threat off their backs and go back to self-regulating. &hellip; [I]t&rsquo;s how these companies got so big.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>We should remain cynical when judging Bezos and Zuckerberg. Neither had a sudden and genuine shift in their attitude toward Trump. They are businessmen keeping their companies in mind.<\/p>\n<p>While X owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sec-threatens-elon-musk-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> could be seen as arguably doing the same thing, there&rsquo;s much more context in that relationship with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s politics saw a gradual maturation after 2020 in moving away from consistently voting Democrat to a resounding endorsement for Trump, donating to his campaign, and now advising the incoming administration.<\/p>\n<p>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/elon-musk-net-worth-tesla-spacex-ai-300-billion-8740315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">net worth<\/a> of over $400 billion, it would be foolish to say he isn&rsquo;t monetarily driven, but a lack of spontaneity in his political journey indicates his authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>One gets the sense that Musk would still be partial to Trump, all other things equal, even if Trump fell out of favor on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">national scene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Bezos and Zuckerberg seem to just notice which way the wind is blowing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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NPR reported that various executives have either made or intend to contribute to Trump&#8217;s inauguration fund. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced he will donate $1 million following similar commitments from Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s Meta and Jeff Bezos&#8217; Amazon. Additionally, Google CEO Sundar Pichai is set to meet with Trump soon. Silicon Valley historian Margaret O&#8217;Mara explained that these companies recognize there&#8217;s little benefit in opposing Trump openly, but they may gain by showing support and hoping for his success<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2380183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Zuckerberg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15686,46822,3634,4576],"class_list":["post-2380182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bezos","tag-tech-giants","tag-trump","tag-zuckerberg"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Zuckerberg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380186,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380182\/revisions\/2380186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}