The Tech Bros Love Trump Because the Democrats Pushed Them Away
Four days before Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared on X a threatening letter he had received from Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and Michael Bennett (D–Col.). In the letter, the senators expressed dismay that the tech entrepreneur had donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund.
“We are concerned that your company and other Big Tech donors are using your massive contributions to the inaugural fund to cozy up to the incoming Trump administration in an effort to avoid scrutiny, limit regulation, and buy favor,” they wrote. “These donations raise questions about corruption and the influence of corporate money on the Trump administration, and Congress and the public demand answers.”
In response, Altman noted that the donation was actually a personal contribution, not one made by his company. He also could not resist pointing out the hypocrisy.
“Funny, they never sent me one of these [letters] for contributing to democrats…” he wrote.
Altman may very well be correct about that, although supporting the Democratic Party—financially, rhetorically, or otherwise—has given tech leaders very little actual protection from Democratic lawmakers. Just ask Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who were repeatedly dragged before Congress and accused of conspiring to overturn democracy, abuse children, and commit other sins. By criticizing Trump’s views on immigration and otherwise touting liberal causes, Zuckerberg may have thought he had successfully ingratiated hi
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