{"id":18117,"date":"2025-04-08T09:37:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tech-c-e-o-s-spent-millions-courting-trump-it-has-yet-to-pay-off\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:37:56","slug":"tech-c-e-o-s-spent-millions-courting-trump-it-has-yet-to-pay-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tech-c-e-o-s-spent-millions-courting-trump-it-has-yet-to-pay-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. It Has Yet to Pay Off."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The biggest technology companies and their chief executives <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/14\/technology\/trump-tech-amazon-meta-openai.html\" title=\"\">donated millions to President Trump\u2019s inauguration<\/a>, hosted black-tie parties and dinners in his honor, and allowed him to announce and take credit for new multibillion-dollar manufacturing projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But less than three months into the president\u2019s second term, Mr. Trump has hardly returned their lavish gestures with favors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The sweeping tariffs he imposed last week <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/technology\/trump-tariffs-apple-iphones.html\" title=\"\">will squeeze Apple\u2019s iPhone supply chain<\/a> and make it much more expensive for Amazon, Meta, Google and Microsoft to build <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/03\/16\/technology\/ai-data-centers.html\" title=\"\">supercomputers to power artificial intelligence<\/a>. The president has slashed federal funding for research into emerging technologies like A.I. and quantum computing. His immigration clampdown has incited fears that he will cut off pipelines for tech talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration has also signaled that it will continue an aggressive regulatory stance on reining in the power of the biggest tech companies, beginning next week with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/28\/technology\/ftc-lina-khan-meta.html\" title=\"\">a landmark antitrust trial<\/a> to break up Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since the inauguration, the combined market value of Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft has fallen 22 percent to $10 trillion. And the tech-heavy Nasdaq index is down 21 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The efforts to court Mr. Trump are a far stretch from the industry\u2019s approach to his first administration, when many tech leaders were openly hostile toward the president. With an about-face and flattery, executives hoped this time around that Mr. Trump might show tech more deference, including it in his efforts to deregulate industries like energy and autos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead, the genuflection of Silicon Valley\u2019s top leaders may be a misreading of how to succeed in Mr. Trump\u2019s Washington, according to Democratic and Republican policy experts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The relationship that tech executives have with the president has been a \u201cone-way street,\u201d said Gigi Sohn, a former senior adviser to the Federal Communications Commission under the Biden administration. \u201cThey give him everything, and he promises nothing, which in this case is a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That hasn\u2019t stopped them from trying. Last week, Meta\u2019s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, was at the White House <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/technology\/mark-zuckerberg-trump-meta-antitrust.html\" title=\"\">to try to persuade the administration<\/a> to settle the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s antitrust lawsuit against Meta. Tech leaders including Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google, have also visited the White House in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The companies have said that they want to engage with Mr. Trump on a variety of issues and that they are looking at the long-range effects of his policies. Apple, Google, Meta and Amazon declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The White House did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The hostilities between the tech industry and Mr. Trump date back to at least 2016, when multiple tech executives endorsed Hillary Clinton for president and donated to her campaign. After Mr. Trump was elected, tech leaders <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/30\/technology\/technology-companies-fight-trump-immigration-order-in-court.html\" title=\"\">criticized the president\u2019s immigration ban for Muslims<\/a> and his skepticism about Covid-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s first administration took a tough regulatory stance on the industry, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/07\/technology\/trump-google-search-antitrust.html\" title=\"\">filing antitrust lawsuits against Google<\/a> and Meta. He railed against social media and other internet giants for censoring him and amassing too much power. He also blamed the platforms for contributing to his election loss in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The tech industry\u2019s public tone toward Mr. Trump abruptly shifted last year after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the aftermath, Mr. Zuckerberg called him a \u201cbadass.\u201d Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, commended Mr. Trump for \u201cgrace under fire.\u201d Elon Musk, who leads the rocket company SpaceX, the electric carmaker Tesla and the social media platform X, endorsed Mr. Trump and went on to stump for and donate $300 million to his campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After the election, Apple\u2019s chief executive, Tim Cook, alongside Meta, Google and Amazon, donated $1 million each to the inauguration. Several of the executives made trips to Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump\u2019s resort in Palm Beach, Fla. And at the inauguration, Mr. Musk, Mr. Bezos, Mr. Zuckerberg, Mr. Cook and Mr. Pichai all appeared on the dais next to cabinet members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf you look at the inauguration, look at the people that were on that stage \u2014 here was a who\u2019s who of a world that was totally against me the first time,\u201d Mr. Trump said recently in an interview with Clay Travis of OutKick, a sports and news site owned by Fox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There have been some benefits. Mr. Musk is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/us\/politics\/trump-musk-wisconsin.html\" title=\"\">now a close adviser<\/a> to the president, and critics say his businesses are likely to reap rewards from his proximity. Mr. Trump has also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/20\/technology\/trump-tiktok-ban-delay-executive-order.html\" title=\"\">signed executive orders<\/a> delaying a sale or ban of TikTok, as mandated by a law passed last year over security concerns about the app\u2019s Chinese parent company, ByteDance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Despite slashing its federal funding, Mr. Trump has opened the door to a continued light regulatory touch on A.I., which he has declared his top priority to beat China in a race for global tech leadership. Last month, Google, Microsoft, Meta and other tech giants submitted suggestions, asking for the administration <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/24\/technology\/trump-ai-regulation.html\" title=\"\">to stay out of the way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/technology\/crypto-sec-trump.html\" title=\"\">U.S. regulators<\/a> have almost entirely dismantled a yearslong government crackdown on the crypto industry, a volatile sector rife with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/22\/technology\/crypto-exchange-bybit-hack.html\" title=\"\">fraud, scams and theft<\/a>. That benefits companies including the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/29\/us\/politics\/andreessen-horowitz-lobbying-cryptocurrency.html\" title=\"\">a major investor in the space<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But tech companies still face intensifying pressures under the current Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new leaders appointed to the Justice Department and the F.T.C. have shown no signs of backing down on a series of antitrust suits filed against Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump chose Gail Slater, a veteran lawyer and a vocal tech critic, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department. Mr. Trump emphasized the importance of her role to quell powerful Silicon Valley giants during his announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBig Tech has run wild for years, stifling competition in our most innovative sector and, as we all know, using its market power to crack down on the rights of so many Americans, as well as those of Little Tech!\u201d Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The president also appointed Andrew Ferguson, who has expressed concerns about social media companies\u2019 power, as chair of the F.T.C. Next week, Mr. Ferguson will lead the antitrust trial against Meta, in which the government accuses Facebook of buying Instagram and WhatsApp nearly a decade ago to cement its monopoly in social networking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s unclear if efforts by Mr. Zuckerberg to secure a settlement will be successful. But ultimately, any decision on whether or not to proceed will be made by the president, Mr. Ferguson said last week at a conference held by the tech start-up incubator Y Combinator in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe president\u2019s head of the executive branch, and I think it\u2019s important for me to obey lawful orders,\u201d he said when asked if he would drop a suit like the Meta case if instructed by Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think that the president recognizes that we\u2019ve got to enforce the laws, so I\u2019d be very surprised if anything like that ever happened,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Perhaps the biggest blow to the tech industry came in the form of tariffs last week. Apple, one of the hardest-hit companies, produces 90 percent of the iPhones it sells around the world in China, where tariffs, which were already at 20 percent, are expected to increase to 34 percent this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThese tariffs will raise consumer prices and will force our trade partners to retaliate,\u201d said Gary Shapiro, the chief executive of the Consumer Technology Association, a trade group. \u201cAmericans will become poorer because of these tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/08\/technology\/tech-ceos-lobbying-trump.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest technology companies and their chief executives donated millions to President Trump\u2019s inauguration, hosted black-tie parties and dinners in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[258,5698,1216,1076,213,1077,123,482,114,511,4720,5697,392,184,1078,117,130,121,510,1082,132,219,118,1083,1081,113,111,129],"class_list":["post-18117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-amazon-com-inc","tag-andrew-n","tag-antitrust-laws-and-competition-issues","tag-apple-inc","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-bezos","tag-computers-and-the-internet","tag-cook","tag-donald-j","tag-elon","tag-federal-communications-commission","tag-ferguson","tag-google-inc","tag-inaugurations","tag-jeffrey-p","tag-justice-department","tag-mark-e","tag-meta-platforms-inc","tag-musk","tag-pichai","tag-presidential-election-of-2024","tag-regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry","tag-social-media","tag-sundar","tag-timothy-d","tag-trump","tag-united-states-politics-and-government","tag-zuckerberg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. 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