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• @kevincollier@mastodon.social Kevin Collier on mastodon

  Musk openly courted Trump the past few months, and Bezos publicly tipped his hand.  But per NYT, many of the other big tech CEOs were doing that too, just behind the scenes.  Zuckerberg, Cook, Jassy, Pichai.  —  https://www.nytimes.com/...

• r/technology r on reddit

  Before the Election, Tech C.E.O.s Were Quietly Courting Trump

• @zuck Mark Zuckerberg on threads

  Congratulations to President Trump on a decisive victory.  We have great opportunities ahead of us as a country.  Looking forward to working with you and your administration.

• @documentingmeta @documentingmeta on threads

  Lol Democrats melting down over the Zuck post and talking about leaving Threads.  I guess y'all should throw away your iPhones and Androids too

• @bostonjoan Boston Joan on threads

  Literally Trump said he wanted to put Zuckerberg in jail.  What timeline am I even in? https://www.politico.com/...

• @kylie.robison Kylie Robison on threads

  We will never know, obviously, but reading this aggregate of tech CEOs congratulating Trump makes me wonder what kind of tweets Elon and co would have fired off had Kamala won.  Don't think they'd be so nice.

• @quillmatiq Anuj Ahooja on threads

  One great feature that 🦋 and 🐘 have that @threads doesn't is that their leadership doesn't congratulate fascists for accomplishing their goals.

• @reidhoffman Reid Hoffman on threads

  We now have a President-elect of the United States: Donald Trump.  It is clear that he has again won the presidency in a country where we enjoy relatively unfettered rights to vote, speak out, and steer our futures.  In January, we will enjoy a peaceful transfer of power. …

• @mac_ryan_ Ryan Mac on threads

  Four months ago, Trump threatened to throw Zuckerberg in prison.  —  RE: https://www.threads.net/...

• @anildash Anil Dash on threads

  Absolutely pathetic behavior.  He said he was going to throw you in prison and you still can't help sucking up to a fascist.

• @mattnavarra Matt Navarra on threads

  this post won't age well

• @theromit Romit Mehta on threads

  Of course the CEOs are now sucking up to the new guy.  They know how vindictive he is.  All need to bend the knee or else ...

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on threads

  The Billionaires are already kissing his ass

• @shultzman.com @shultzman.com on bluesky

  All the Tech Billionaires are bending the knee [embedded post]

• @o.simardcasanova.net Olivier Simard-Casanova on bluesky

  Don't expect tech billionaires to fight  —  They're already kissing the ring  —  (Mark Zuckerberg's post doesn't fly well on Threads, as you can imagine...) [images]

• @davidrvetter.bsky.social Dave Vetter on bluesky

  Deep down, this result cannot have surprised anyone.  Trump represents the billionaires, who own almost all the ways in which people receive their information.  From Musk to Zuckerberg, Bezos to Murdoch, this was class solidarity in action.  [embedded post]

• @tim_cook Tim Cook on x

  Congratulations President Trump on your victory! We look forward to engaging with you and your administration to help make sure the United States continues to lead with and be fueled by ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.

• @mcuban Mark Cuban on x

  Congrats @realDonaldTrump. You won fair and square. Congrats to @elonmusk as well. #Godspeed

• @jeffbezos Jeff Bezos on x

  Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.

• @sama Sam Altman on x

  congrats to President Trump. i wish for his huge success in the job.

• @sundarpichai Sundar Pichai on x

  Congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump on his decisive victory. We are in a golden age of American innovation and are committed to working with his administration to help bring the benefits to everyone. [image]

• @reidhoffman Reid Hoffman on x

  We now have a President-elect of the United States: Donald Trump. It is clear that he has again won the presidency in a country where we enjoy relatively unfettered rights to vote, speak out, and steer our futures. In January, we will enjoy a peaceful transfer of power. Peaceful

• @ajassy Andy Jassy on x

  Congratulations to President-elect @realDonaldTrump on a hard-fought victory. We look forward to working with you and your administration on issues important to our customers, employees, communities, and country.

• @satyanadella Satya Nadella on x

  Congratulations President Trump, we're looking forward to engaging with you and your administration to drive innovation forward that creates new growth and opportunity for the United States and the world.

• @bigtechalert @bigtechalert on x

  🆕 @jeffbezos has started following @realdonaldtrump [image]

• @bcmerchant Brian Merchant on x

  It's not just Elon Musk. From Jeff Bezos killing WaPo's Harris endorsement, to Zuck, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai cozying up to Trump and the success of the crypto lobby, I think we're seeing the dawn of a new era; a full throttle symbiosis between Trump and Silicon Valley.

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @StephenM @realDonaldTrump The American people have made it absolutely clear that they utterly reject the current ruling class. Radical reform of government is what they want.

• @gdb Greg Brockman on x

  Congratulations to President Trump! I'm encouraged by the tech-forwardness of his campaign. Leading in technology generally—and AI in particular—is how America can continue to lead the world and protect democratic values. Looking forward to working with his administration. 🇺🇸

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  this story has been written a bunch over the last year but all of the big tech ceos (FAANG companies mostly) have spent the past six months preparing for a Trump victory by glad handing him behind the scenes now you'll just see it play out in public

• @michaeldell Michael Dell on x

  Congratulations to President Trump on a successful campaign and election win. We look forward to continued progress and opportunity under his leadership and working together toward a strong and unified future for all. 🇺🇸

• @dougleone Doug Leone on x

  THE END OF LUNACY AND THE RETURN OF COMMON SENSE!!

• @aaronp613 Aaron on x

  @timcook I still have hope [Screenshot of Apple Intelligence showing the election not decided yet]

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @tim_cook 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Bezos first major tech figure to publicly congratulate Trump, OpenAI CEO Altman second am guessing you'll see the rest of big tech following suit by the end of the day

• @theviewfromll2 Susan Simpson on x

  We have to assume that Bezos will kill @washingtonpost stories that Trump doesn't like, because Bezos knows Trump will crush Amazon if he doesn't. It would be beyond naive to expect Bezos to do otherwise.

• @seangarrette Sean Garrette on x

  It's crazy how Trump has literally berated and dragged Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk and they both are on their knees sucking him off publicly. Truly the weakest links.

• @drericding Eric Feigl-Ding on x

  Now we know why Washington Post was muzzled by Bezos.

• @teddyschleifer Teddy Schleifer on x

  Hmmmmm

• @bgrueskin Bill Grueskin on x

  Wow, that's quite an, um, endorsement!

• @mattdpearce Matt Pearce on x

  good stuff

• @jbendery Jennifer Bendery on x

  Jeff Bezos last week: “What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @canteverdie @canteverdie on x

  billionaires blatantly bought this last election via purchase of media spaces, of flooding the internet strategically with their influence, and democrats are holding onto the past. they're not grappling with the current political landscape that the right is operating in

• @davill Dave Limp on x

  Echoing Jeff's congrats here. Exciting times for space exploration are ahead of us.

• @jstein_wapo Jeff Stein on x

  From a story I did recently on billionaires, including Bezos, signaling their openness to Trump pre-election: “Trump has had no issue calling out political enemies by name and threatening to use the force of government for retribution, and apparently that is intimidating a lot of

• @markmobility Mark Elliott on x

  WaPo's endorsement finally drops.

• @cristianoamon Cristiano R. Amon on x

  We congratulate President-elect Trump @realDonaldTrump and Vice President-elect Vance @JDVance and look forward to working with the new Administration and Congress to advance priorities that promote resilience, innovation and competition in America 🇺🇲.

• r/democrats r on reddit

  Biased Bezos

• r/BlueOrigin r on reddit

  Bezos (retweeted by Blue Origin): “Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. …