Are we seeing a turning point in Trump's relationship with Silicon Valley?

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All things considered, Donald Trump's meeting with tech industry leaders could have gone much worse.

The meeting, described by one technology reporter as a "watershed moment" for the tech industry, came hours after an announcement that Tesla chief executive Elon Musk and Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick, both outspoken critics of Trump during his campaign, would be taking on strategic adviser positions as part of the president-elect's Strategic and Policy Forum. To industry observers, the developments marked a distinct shift in tone for the relationship between Trump and an industry that overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton. And while it's still too early to tell what that relationship will look like over the next four years, they see potential for cooperation following a heated campaign during which the president-elect openly feuded with some of the very executives who gathered at Trump Tower.


Are we seeing a turning point in Trump's relationship with Silicon Valley?