Posted Oct 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM UTC

Marc Benioff now says, maybe Donald Trump shouldn’t sic the military on San Francisco.

Last week, the Salesforce CEO said that he would welcome the White House sending National Guard troops into the streets of Silicon Valley. Now, he’s changing his tune following some very public criticism from Laurene Powell Jobs (Steve Jobs’ widow) and a member of his own board.

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