Sunday, October 26, 2025

Tech Bros Now Shaping the Militarization of American Cities

Yesterday, Donald Trump announced on social media that he had been planning to "surge" troops into San Francisco this weekend -- but was dissuaded from doing so by several tech billionaires. "Friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge," Trump wrote.

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Mad about Trump's destruction of the East Wing? Blame Big Tech. Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the current administration. They all cut checks for the ballroom.

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-- Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) Oct 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM

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... Who are these "friends"? Trump named "great people like [Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang, [Salesforce CEO] Marc Benioff, and others" who told him that "the future of San Francisco is great. They want to give it a shot.' Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!"

Ludicrously wealthy tech execs have exerted unparalleled sway over Trump in the last year. Not content with obsequious flattery -- at one recent White House dinner, Sam Altman called Trump "a pro-business, pro-innovation president" who was "a very refreshing change," while Tim Cook praised the legendarily mercurial Trump's "focus and your leadership" -- tech leaders have also given Trump shiny awards, built him a bulletproof ballroom, and donated massive sums to help him get elected.

Most of these execs also have major business before the federal government and have specific "asks" around AI regulation, crypto, tariffs, regulations, and government contracts.

Now, tech execs are even helping to shape the militarization of American cities. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-26 01:49 PM

The fat turd has no friends

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-26 05:23 PM

@#2 ... The fat turd has no friends ...

That may be quite true, though.

In this instance, imo, it is true.

He has no friends, just billionaires trying to purchase the will and influence of the Oval Office occupant for their own wealth benefits.



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-26 06:21 PM

@#3 ... just billionaires trying to purchase the will and influence of the Oval Office occupant for their own wealth benefits. ...

So now, instead of serving the People of America, Pres Trump now looks to be needing to serve the oligarchy who now seem to own him.


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-26 08:13 PM

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