Silicon Valley Warms to President Trump After a Chilly Start

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Once one of President Trump’s most vocal opponents, Silicon Valley’s technology industry has increasingly found common ground with the White House. When President Trump was elected, tech executives were largely up in arms over a leader who espoused policies on immigration and other issues that were antithetical to their companies’ values. Now, many of the industry’s executives are growing more comfortable with the president and how his economic agenda furthers their business interests, even as many of their employees continue to disagree with President Trump on social issues. The relationship remains bumpy. President Trump lashed out at Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of evading taxes. (Amazon said it had saved $789 million under the tax law President Trump signed.) The president is also expected to sign legislation that would strengthen policing of sex trafficking online — a bill that internet companies once opposed because they worried it would make them liable for content posted by their users. Yet quietly, the tech industry has warmed to the White House, especially as companies including Alphabet/Google, Apple and Intel have benefited from the Trump administration’s policies.


Silicon Valley Warms to President Trump After a Chilly Start