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Swamp Notes: Silicon Valley warms to Trump

Swamp Notes: Silicon Valley warms to Trump

FromFT News Briefing


Swamp Notes: Silicon Valley warms to Trump

FromFT News Briefing

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Few of Silicon Valley’s biggest names supported Donald Trump in 2016 or 2020. Now, some of them are holding multimillion- dollar fundraisers for him. The FT’s US business and politics correspondent, Alex Rogers, and tech correspondent, Hannah Murphy, join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain why Big Tech is abandoning Joe Biden. Mentioned in this podcast:Donald Trump fundraiser latest sign of support in Silicon ValleySilicon Valley elite warms to Donald TrumpBiden camp hits out at Elon Musk and ‘sucker’ Donald TrumpSign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter hereSwamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. Original music by Hannis Brown. Do you have questions about the US election? Drop us a voice note here and we may play your question on the show!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jun 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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