On Tuesday night, multiple Silicon Valley CEOs, from Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg, congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his victory.
Many of the CEOs who have congratulated Trump have faced accusations of left-wing bias and censorship, and their companies have experienced backlash from conservatives. But despite Silicon Valley’s historically left-leaning leanings, several technology company CEOs praised Trump on Wednesday.
Jeff Bezos congratulated the president-elect on his “extraordinary political comeback.” Bezos owns the Washington Post, which has not endorsed the 2024 presidential election. The newspaper’s refusal to endorse Kamala Harris reportedly cost it hundreds of thousands of subscribers and sparked a backlash among its staff.
Bezos previously wrote an op-ed detailing why “Americans no longer trust the news media.” (Related: Jeff Bezos criticizes Washington Post, gives media a glimmer of hope)
I sincerely congratulate the 45th and now 47th President on his extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No country has greater opportunity. With a wish @realDonaldTrump To succeed in guiding and uniting the America we all love.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 6, 2024
This was only Bezos’ second tweet this year. In July, he tweeted support for Trump after an assassination attempt occurred at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Our former president tonight showed tremendous grace and courage under literal gunfire. We are grateful that he is safe, and we are deeply saddened by the victim and his family.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) July 14, 2024
But both the Post and Amazon have a history of left-wing bias.
The Post recently article The caption, “Trump Embraces Violent Rhetoric, Suggests Cheney Should Shoot Gun ‘in the Face,”’ says Trump wanted to put Liz Cheney in front of firing squad. mentioned false claims. (Related: Hundreds of thousands of people reportedly canceled WaPo subscriptions after decision not to support Harris)
Support from the editorial board hasn’t hurt its reputation. @Washington Postthe blatant left-wing bias of its reporters and editors on the news side is the reason it has lost the trust of many Americans.
CC @JeffBezos https://t.co/lXS2aQfMfZ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 29, 2024
Amazon’s Alexa previously endorsed Harris over Trump as the presidential candidate, but the company said that was a mistake. Amazon also censors books written by conservatives.
In 2021, some books critical of the transgender movement were removed from online stores. The book “When Harry Became Sally: A Response to the Transgender Moment” became a bestseller. The Biden-Harris administration pressured Amazon to censor books that were skeptical of coronavirus vaccines, according to emails obtained by the House Judiciary Committee.
Notably, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also issued a statement congratulating President Trump on his victory.
“I look forward to working with you and your administration on issues that matter to your customers, employees, communities and country,” said Mr. Jassy. (Related: Amazon confirms it shut off a random man’s smart home after he called him a racist)
Congratulations on becoming the next president @realDonaldTrump With a hard-fought victory. We look forward to working with you and your management on issues that matter to your customers, employees, communities, and country.
— Andy Jassy (@ajassy) November 6, 2024
Other celebrities who congratulated Trump include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.
“Congratulations President Trump on your victory!” Cook said in the post. “We look forward to working with you and your administration to ensure America continues to lead and promote ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.”
Congratulations to President Trump on his victory! We look forward to working with you and your administration to ensure America continues to lead and promote ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) November 6, 2024
Zuckerberg: “Congratulations on President Trump’s decisive victory” said In an Instagram thread. “We have great opportunities as a nation, and I look forward to working with you and your administration.”
Both Meta and Google have been accused of censorship and left-wing bias.
Facebook worked with the FBI to censor articles about Hunter Biden’s laptop. It also bowed to pressure from the Biden-Harris administration to censor certain views on the coronavirus. Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that the government put pressure on Meta. expressed regret letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. (Related: Exclusive: Republican lawmakers investigate Zuckerberg, meta to hide ‘political and social’ content from users’ feeds)
“We believe the government’s pressure was misplaced, and we regret that we did not speak up more,” Zuckerberg wrote. “I think we also made some choices that we would not have made today with the benefit of hindsight and new information.”
Zuckerberg has not endorsed the presidential election and reportedly identifies as a liberal.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai echoed Zuckerberg’s support and congratulated Trump on his “decisive victory.”
Congratulations, Mr. President. @realDonaldTrump About his decisive victory. We are in a golden age of American innovation, and I am committed to working with his administration to benefit everyone. pic.twitter.com/IPX7AJ8VvI
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) November 6, 2024
President Trump said on Joe Rogan’s podcast that Pichai called him after visiting a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been calling President Trump and handing him random compliments, and it’s working. pic.twitter.com/i1yKmeDL8E
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) October 26, 2024
President Trump suggested in August that Congress could “shut down” Google over allegations of bias and censorship against conservatives.
That same month, Pichai testified before the House Oversight Committee’s Special Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government about Google’s censorship of information about Trump’s first assassination attempt.
Google’s parent company Alphabet told the committee that when users searched for “President Donald,” autocomplete search results did not show results for Trump due to a software “bug.” (Related article: Google suffers major blow after federal judge rules that it violates US antitrust law)
🚨 #news: @JimJordan Reveals non-public information regarding 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐆𝐋𝐄 search and autocomplete issues surrounding President Trump’s assassination attempt.
🧵 Thread: pic.twitter.com/Tz7TZq1BBy
— House Judiciary Republican 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) August 5, 2024
Microsoft’s CEO also offered high-profile congratulations in Silicon Valley Satya Nadella OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Congratulations, President Trump, we look forward to working with you and your administration to advance innovation that creates new growth and opportunity for the United States and the world.
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) November 6, 2024
Congratulations to President Trump.
I wish him great success in his work.
— Sam Altman (@sama) November 6, 2024
