Donald Trump’s inauguration as the brand new president-elect of the USA will happen on January 20, 2025. Because the date approaches, some firms are trying to reconcile their positions following a posh relationship prior to now. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, and Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, are among the many names who’re anticipated to satisfy with Trump.
Google and Amazon haven’t been amongst Donald Trump’s favourite tech firms. Beginning with the Mountain View big, Trump accused Google’s search engine a number of instances of getting a political bias towards him through the presidential marketing campaign. The brand new president-elect claimed that Google deliberately hid optimistic information about him and gave extra prominence to detrimental ones. Then again, the CEO of Amazon was not amongst these supporting the Republican marketing campaign over the last elections.
Sundar Pichai reportedly met Trump this week; Jeff Bezos will do it subsequent week
Regardless of their variations, the CEOs of two of the largest tech firms on the planet agreed to satisfy with Donald Trump. In accordance with The Data, Sundar Pichai flew to Palm Seaside, Florida, on Thursday. Then again, Trump himself confirmed that the assembly with Jeff Bezos will happen subsequent week.
Google and Amazon, each underneath the scrutiny of regulators within the US, are higher off being on favorable phrases with Donald Trump. Particularly within the case of Google, whose antitrust instances have superior additional, with some unfavorable rulings towards it. That mentioned, in line with The Data’s report, Pichai gained’t “make any direct overtures to Trump concerning the antitrust lawsuit or different regulatory matters.”
Trump additionally revealed that he has already obtained calls from Google’s CEO in current weeks. Nevertheless, Pichai mentioned that these calls have “nothing to do” with the regulatory stress on Google. Donald Trump has remained cautious when commenting on potential actions associated to the corporate’s present state of affairs. He has solely mentioned that he would “do one thing” relating to the potential breakup proposed by the DOJ.
Mark Zuckerberg has additionally smoothed issues over with Trump
Beforehand, Donald Trump additionally met with Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta. The connection with Zuckerberg has additionally had rocky moments prior to now. The forty seventh president of the USA even went as far as to threaten to jail him. Nevertheless, the connection appears a bit of higher at the moment, with Zuckerberg apologizing over the telephone for a difficulty associated to a photograph of the July 13 assassination try. The CEO of Meta additionally reportedly donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund.
