Multiple Silicon Valley CEOs congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his win Tuesday night, from Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg.
Many of the CEOs congratulating Trump have faced accusations of left-wing bias and censorship, and their companies experienced backlash from conservatives. But despite Silicon Valley’s historically left-wing bent, multiple tech CEOs praised Trump on Wednesday.
Jeff Bezos congratulated the next president on “an extraordinary political comeback.” Bezos owns The Washington Post, which did not issue an endorsement for the 2024 presidential election. The refusal to endorse Kamala Harris reportedly cost the paper hundreds of thousands of subscribers and triggered backlash amongst its own staff.
Bezos previously wrote an op-ed detailing why “Americans don’t trust the news media anymore.” (RELATED: Jeff Bezos Slams Washington Post, Offering Glimmer Of Hope For Media)
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.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 6, 2024
That was only Bezos’s second tweet this year. In July, he tweeted in support of Trump after an assassination attempt at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Our former President showed tremendous grace and courage under literal fire tonight. So thankful for his safety and so sad for the victims and their families.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) July 14, 2024
However, The Post and Amazon both have a history of left-wing bias.
The Post recently ran an article titled “Trump embraces violent rhetoric, suggests Cheney should have guns ‘trained on her face’” in reference to the false claim that Trump wanted Liz Cheney put in front of a firing squad. (RELATED: Hundreds Of Thousands Reportedly Cancel WaPo Subscriptions After Decision Not To Endorse Harris)
Endorsements from the editorial board aren’t what killed the reputation of the @washingtonpost, it’s the blatant leftwing bias of the reporters and editors on the news side that caused them to lose the trust of so many Americans.
CC @JeffBezos https://t.co/lXS2aQfMfZ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 29, 2024
Amazon’s Alexa previously expressed support for Harris over Trump for president, although the company claimed it was an error. Amazon has also censored books written by conservatives.
In one instance, it removed a book critical of the transgender movement from its online store in 2021. The book, “When Harry Became Sally: Responding To The Transgender Moment” was a bestseller. The Biden-Harris administration also pressured Amazon to censor books skeptical of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to emails obtained by the House Judiciary Committee.
Notably, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also issued a statement congratulating Trump on his victory.
“We look forward to working with you and your administration on issues important to our customers, employees, communities, and country,” Jassy stated. (RELATED: Amazon Confirms They Shut Off A Man’s Smart Home Because A Random Guy Said He Was Racist)
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.
— Andy Jassy (@ajassy) November 6, 2024
Other big names congratulating Trump included Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.
“Congratulations President Trump on your victory!” Cook stated in a post. “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.”
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.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) November 6, 2024
“Congratulations to President Trump on a decisive victory,” Zuckerberg stated on Instagram Threads. “We have great opportunities ahead of us as a country. Looking forward to working with you and your administration.”
Both Meta and Google have come under fire for censorship and left-wing bias.
Facebook collaborated with the FBI to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story. It also bowed to pressure from the Biden-Harris administration to censor certain COVID-19 views. Mark Zuckerberg admitted the government pressured Meta, and he expressed regret in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps Probe Zuckerberg, Meta For Hiding ‘Political And Social’ Content From Users’ Feeds)
“I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,” Zuckerberg wrote. “I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn’t make today.”
Zuckerberg also did not issue an endorsement in the presidential election and reportedly identifies as a libertarian.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai echoed Zuckerberg’s endorsement, congratulating Trump on his “decisive victory.”
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. pic.twitter.com/IPX7AJ8VvI
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) November 6, 2024
Trump stated on Joe Rogan’s podcast that Pichai called him after he visited a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is calling up Trump and giving him random compliments and it’s working. pic.twitter.com/i1yKmeDL8E
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) October 26, 2024
Trump suggested in August that Congress could “shut down” Google over its alleged bias and censorship of conservatives.
That same month, Pichai testified to the House Oversight Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Google’s censorship of information regarding Trump’s first attempted assassination.
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, told the committee the autocomplete search results did not show results pertaining to Trump when users searched for “President Donald” because of a software “bug.” (RELATED: Google Takes Massive Hit As Federal Judge Rules It Violated US Antitrust Law)
🚨 #NEWS: @Jim_Jordan reveals non-public information on 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐆𝐋𝐄’s issues with Search and Autocomplete surrounding the assassination attempt of President Trump.
🧵 THREAD: pic.twitter.com/Tz7TZq1BBy
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) August 5, 2024
Other prominent Silicon Valley congratulations came from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
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.
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) November 6, 2024
congrats to President Trump.
i wish for his huge success in the job.
— Sam Altman (@sama) November 6, 2024