Trump mocked Zuckerberg and Bezos for ‘first-class groveling’, new book claims
A new book paints an unflattering picture of how Silicon Valley’s most powerful men handled Donald Trump’s return to power. According to its authors, they grovelled. And Trump, they write, mocked them for it behind their backs.
The book is “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump”, by the New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. Wired obtained a copy ahead of its release on 23 June. Its claims about Big Tech are striking, though the White House has not confirmed them.
After the 2024 election, the book says, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos rushed to win Trump over. At Mar-a-Lago, Trump allegedly showed Elon Musk the texts they had sent him. “Think of where these guys were in 2016,” he is quoted as saying. “They hated me … And look at them now.”
Musk’s reported reply was blunt: “first-class groveling.” Trump, the authors add, later...
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