Key Points
Sundar Pichai (Alphabet), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Tim Cook (Apple), Andy Jassy (Amazon), and Satya Nadella (Microsoft) have all sparred with Donald Trump before, but they were quick to get behind him as their companies face a fresh four years of operating under an influential politician who has proved volatile...
Trump has shown disdain for Big Tech companies, and hes been vocal about pursuing policies that increase the cost of doing business for Big Tech and subject them to more unfavorable regulations..
While Trumps tech policy positions have varied widelyand shifted oftenhis actions during his last presidency and his comments on the campaign trail shed light on what Big Tech might expect during a second term...
Just before leaving office in his first term as president, Trump threatened to veto a significant defense spending bill unless lawmakers repealed the liability shield for tech companies..
A new Trump administration is unlikely to abandon antitrust cases against Big Tech, said Adam Kovacevich, CEO of Chamber of Progress, a left-leaning technology trade group, in a memo on Wednesday, noting several of these began under his first term..
