Big Tech Is Going to Take Ass-Kissing to New Heights

Donald Trump was re-elected President of the United States connected Tuesday, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris not conscionable successful the Electoral College tally but besides successful the fashionable vote. And Big Tech leaders wasted nary clip congratulating Trump connected Wednesday, tweeting retired messages that marque it wide they’re acceptable to service his needs nevertheless they can. It feels similar a preview of the adjacent phase, wherever truthful galore volition spell conscionable Trump successful idiosyncratic and buss the ringing of the 47th president, a antheral who’s promised to go a dictator connected time 1 and deport millions of radical successful a strategy that’s beauteous overmuch guaranteed to devastate the economy. And it’s already making america nauseous.

The biggest beneficiary successful the satellite of tech from Trump’s triumph volition astir surely beryllium Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO who spent astatine slightest $120 cardinal to assistance Trump get elected and adjacent spent past nighttime astatine Mar-a-Lago strategizing with the erstwhile and aboriginal president. But determination are plentifulness of different tech leaders who present indispensable beryllium their fealty to Trump if they privation to support oregon triumph caller contracts with the U.S. government. And the ass-kissing enactment started with Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos.

“Big congratulations to our 45th and present 47th President connected an bonzer governmental comeback and decisive victory,” Bezos tweeted Wednesday. “No federation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump each occurrence successful starring and uniting the America we each love.”

Big congratulations to our 45th and present 47th President connected an bonzer governmental comeback and decisive victory. No federation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump each occurrence successful starring and uniting the America we each love.

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 6, 2024

Trump has antecedently called Bezos “Jeff Bozo” and threatened Amazon repeatedly during his archetypal term. But Bezos did Trump a coagulated soon earlier the election, sidesplitting an endorsement of Harris by the paper helium owns, the Washington Post. When Trump won his archetypal word successful 2016, Bezos congratulated the recently elected president by tweeting, “I for 1 springiness him my astir unfastened caput and privation him large occurrence successful his work to the country.”

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg besides sent his congratulations Wednesday connected Threads, the societal media level launched successful July 2023 to vie with Twitter, and was reportedly unspeakable astatine keeping radical updated astir the predetermination Tuesday night.

Trump antecedently threatened to propulsion Zuckerberg in prison. But adjacent aft that unhinged rant, Zuck called Trump “badass” and was signaling during the full run that helium was different billionaire who would assistance Trump nevertheless helium could.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai besides congratulated Trump connected Wednesday.

“Congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump connected his decisive victory. We are successful a aureate property of American innovation and are committed to moving with his medication to assistance bring the benefits to everyone,” Pichai tweeted, including a representation showing Trump’s victory.

Congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump connected his decisive victory. We are successful a aureate property of American innovation and are committed to moving with his medication to assistance bring the benefits to everyone. pic.twitter.com/IPX7AJ8VvI

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) November 6, 2024

Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple who Trump erstwhile called “Tim Apple,” besides tweeted astir Trump’s victory.

Congratulations President Trump connected your victory! We look guardant to engaging with you and your medication to assistance marque definite the United States continues to pb with and beryllium fueled by ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) November 6, 2024

There were others who sent their congratulations, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who wrote helium was “looking forward” to engaging with Trump, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy who called Trump’s win a “hard-fought victory,” and Sam Altman who wished Trump “huge success.”

Watching a clump of millionaires and billionaires enactment truthful servile mightiness beryllium a spot jarring, erstwhile you callback that Trump is the feline who reportedly told his main of unit that Adolf Hitler “did immoderate bully things too.” But we’re entering a wholly caller section successful this country. The guardrails person wholly fallen disconnected and immoderate affluent folks with powerfulness successful the satellite of Big Tech won’t person to fearfulness galore societal consequences arsenic Trump transforms the state successful his ain image.

There is truthful overmuch much ass-kissing successful each of their futures.