Big Tech's inauguration hangover

America's tech titans backed President Trump's promise of a new "Golden Age" with seven-figure checks, glowing public praise and front-row tickets to his inauguration. So far, those favors remain unreciprocated. Big Tech has been in MAGA's crosshairs for years. Even as President Trump revels in the industry's dramatic realignment and personal overtures, the core tensions in the relationship are far from resolved. The famously transactional president knows exactly how much leverage he has over "these internet people," as he referred to them recently. "You know, they all hated me in my first term," the President mused during his commencement speech at the University of Alabama. "And now they're kissing my ass. All of them." Most major corporations have suffered from Trump's hurricane of tariff announcements and the ensuing economic uncertainty. But for Big Tech, that's just the tip of the iceberg.