Big Tech, cozying up to Trump, holds on to Chinese military ties

Published February 5, 2025 8:00am ET



Major U.S. tech companies currying favor with President Donald Trump are coordinating alongside foreign entities recently designated by the Department of Defense as arms of China’s military, the Washington Examiner found.

Seated inside the Capitol Rotunda in January, tech executives whose wealth could eclipse entire countries flanked Trump during his inaugural address. There was Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, one of Trump’s closest advisers. In the audience next to Trump’s pick to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of China-owned TikTok

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