Big Tech Cozy Up to Trump

Key Takeaways

a lot of technology companies donated to Trump's inauguration fund and that sort of kicked off what we're seeing now which is a pattern of these companies um sort of engaging with the administration in a way that I I think differs quite significantly from the Biden administration. Um in many cases these companies are making uh concessions or even outright capitulations to the administration. Um we are seeing for example uh we've seen ex um Meta Platforms and Google all settle lawsuits with Trump for um tens of millions of dollars uh after they suspended Trump from their platforms back in 2021 after January 6. We're also seeing um other overures that are designed to sort of play to Trump's ego. For example, Tik Tok published a pop-up notification. you might recall when it briefly shut down in January, essentially crediting Trump, thanking him. Um, and there have been a lot of other displays of loyalty from these companies, many of which um are seeking to secure government contracts or they want to simply stay on on the good side of Trump and might have had previous views on Trump um several years back. So, it's it's really quite um quite a strong trend and um and I think we're potentially only going to see more of