Professor Jenai Babaoglu from the University of Omer Halisdemir anywhere, for the Anadolu agency, an analytical article on the reasons why the technological giants opposed to Donald Trump in his previous presidential term are cooperating with Trump on a new time.
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The inauguration ceremony of the US President, held on January 20, 2025, officially launched Donald Trump. Trump 2.0 is distinguished by amazing radical changes compared to the previous period of Donald Trump as president.
The inauguration was attended by the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos, the head of META Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Google Sundar Pichai, the owner of Tesla Ilon Musk, the general director of Apple Tim Cook and the general director of Alphabet Sundar Pichai. They were present at the event as special guests in the section reserved for the members of the Cabinet of Ministers. This was a demonstration of their privileged position in the era of Trump 2.0.
During the first presidential term of Donald Trump, the leaders of technological giants opposed him, supporting Joe Biden in the elections of former US President. Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post newspaper, approved Trump’s criticism on the pages of the publication. After Trump’s defeat in the elections, his accounts on Facebook and Twitter were deactivated, which became a kind of censorship, discussions about censorship in the Google Internet post. However, in the new era, the situation seems to have changed. So what is the reason for this?
Elon Musk was among those who criticized Trump during his first presidency. However, over time, more pragmatic relations were established between them. At the same time, Musk preferred lobbying the practice of direct support for Trump. He visited Trump’s election rallies, donated money to his election campaign, clearly positioned the X platform as the party to the elections and became one of those who entered the Trump government after his victory in the elections.
Musk made a choice based on cost analysis and benefits and won. During this short period, he achieved significant success through investment in the markets of crypto acts stimulated by Trump’s statements.
The choice of the mask has become a guide for other technological companies. He was sent a signs of a signal: “If you interact with Trump, you win!” Thanks to this message, technological companies, which had so much had an indirect attitude to politics, understood how to build relations with politicians and government in a new era.