Big Tech Executives Reportedly Contact President Trump As Election Approaches

CEOs at some of the most prominent tech companies reportedly have contacted President Trump, seeking to speak with him before Election Day.

According to CNN, top executives at Apple, Google, Amazon, and Meta reached out to Trump as the 2024 election approaches. 

New: The CEOs of Google, Amazon, Apple, and Meta have recently called up President Trump, seeking to smooth relations ahead of Election Day.

Via: CNN pic.twitter.com/TxhYBoB7Uk

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) October 27, 2024

Per CNN:

Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook chatted last week about the iPhone maker’s ongoing legal issues in Europe, the former president divulged in an interview Thursday. Later in the day, Trump told a Las Vegas audience that the “head of Google,” who is CEO Sundar Pichai, called to marvel over the Republican nominee’s campaign stop slinging french fries at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s.

“He said, ‘This is one of the hottest things. We have never seen anything like this,’” Trump recalled. He retold the story Friday on Joe Rogan’s podcast and identified the executive as Pichai.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also recently reached out to check in with the former president, two sources familiar with their phone call told CNN. And Mark Zuckerberg called him up this summer after the first failed assassination attempt on Trump, during which the Meta CEO told the Republican nominee he admired the way he handled the shooting and wished him a quick recovery, a person familiar with the conversation said. Despite their once fraught relationship, the two have spoken glowingly about each other through the media in the months since.

The stepped-up push by some of the world’s most influential Big Tech leaders to speak with the former president ahead of Election Day comes amid an exceptionally tight race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. And it’s the latest sign of the greater business community seeking to rekindle a relationship with the former president in anticipation of a potential second term.

NEW: Big Tech CEOs have reached out to Trump ahead of Election Day, the former president has boasted lately, including Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai. Sources tell me & @alaynatreene that Amazon’s Andy Jassy also recently called Trump. https://t.co/rQpg6qVvWc

— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) October 27, 2024

Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon, had executives of his aerospace company, Blue Origin, meet with Trump.

Spread this around! This is Trump this afternoon meeting with executives from Blue Origin, which is Jeff Bezos’s space exploration company.

This meeting happened a mere hours after the Washington Post announced it would not endorse @KamalaHarris.#CancelTheWashingtonPost pic.twitter.com/jKbMxe18me

— Hopeful (@Monique94550) October 26, 2024

From The Guardian:

The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout the weekend because executives from his aerospace company met with Donald Trump on the same day the newspaper prevented its editorial team from publishing an endorsement of his opponent in the US presidential election.

Senior news and opinion leaders at the Washington Post flew to Miami in late September 2024 to meet with Bezos, who had reservations about the paper issuing an endorsement in the 5 November election, the New York Times reported.

Amazon and the space exploration company Blue Origin are among Bezos-owned businesses that still compete for lucrative federal government contracts.

And the Post on Friday announced it would not endorse a candidate in the 5 November election after its editorial board had already drafted its endorsement of Kamala Harris.

Friday’s announcement did not mention Amazon or Blue Origin. But within hours, high-ranking officials of the latter company briefly met with Trump after a campaign speech in Austin, Texas, as the Republican nominee seeks a second presidency.

Trump met with Blue Origin chief executive officer David Limp and vice-president of government relations Megan Mitchell, the Associated Press reported.

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