Companies like Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Google stand to gain if the Trump administration is lenient with regulation and antitrust enforcement. Many tech leaders, including Zuckerberg, Pichai, Bezos, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, have already made the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to discuss (and potentially influence) tech policies with Trump directly.
Musk’s early head start bagged him an advisory role alongside the incoming administration. Meanwhile, Zuckerberg — who Trump once threatened to imprison for life — has reset Meta by scrapping social media fact-checkers and restrictions on denigrating LGBTQ people, immigrants, and women. President Joe Biden used his farewell address to warn Americans about Silicon Valley’s political influence: “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy,” he said.
