A Running List of the Tech CEOs Donald Trump Claims Are Calling Him to Suck Up
54 years, 11 months ago

A Running List of the Tech CEOs Donald Trump Claims Are Calling Him to Suck Up

Wired  

With only a few days left until the US presidential election, Donald Trump is claiming that some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful billionaires and tech leaders are seeking him out. Many of these leaders, like Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, became figureheads for Trump’s ire over what he believed to be censorship of conservative speech online. Here’s a running list of the Silicon Valley CEOs Trump says are courting him in the lead-up to the election: Google CEO Sundar Pichai On Joe Rogan’s podcast on Friday, Trump claimed that Google CEO Sundar Pichai called to congratulate the former president on his viral McDonald’s stunt. “This McDonald’s thing, I want to tell you, it’s one of the biggest things we’ve seen on Google,” Trump said Pichai told him. “And he said, ‘Sir, I just want to tell you, what you did with McDonald’s was one of the single biggest events we’ve ever had at Google.’” Trump once again described the alleged call during a Sunday evening rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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5 days, 23 hours ago

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Donald Trump?

India Today  

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6 days, 4 hours ago

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

Associated Press  

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The week CEOs bent the knee to Trump
1 week, 2 days ago

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Live Mint  

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1 month ago

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Hindustan Times  

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The Telegraph  

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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The Independent  

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Elon Musk went all-in to elect Trump. What a second Trump presidency could mean for big tech
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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LA Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

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CNN  

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

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CNN  

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Hindustan Times  

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Salon  

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6 months ago

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Raw Story  

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The Independent  

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Op India  

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Live Mint  

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