Bill Gates surprised at Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn, says he will do his ‘best’ to work with Trump

Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates revealed he was surprised by Silicon Valley shifts to the right during an interview published on Thursday.

“I’ve always thought of Silicon Valley like being back of the middle,” Gates told New York Times. “The fact that there is now a significant group with the right to the center is a surprise to me.”

Gates, who supported former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, met with President Donald Trump after he won and said President was receptive to the problems he brought up.

He added, “I want to engage this administration just as I did the first Trump administration as best I can.”

Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates revealed he was surprised by Silicon Valley shifts right. (Justin Tallis – WPA Pool/Getty Images) (Justin Tallis – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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The Times reported that Gates gave $ 50 million to Future Forward, “Principal Outside Funding Group” that supported Harris.

“Incredible things happened because of sharing information on the internet,” Gates said, before turning to Facebook and Twitter’s roles in society. “You see diseases that I have to say that I did not predict.”

Gates talked to the Wall Street Journal about his meeting with the president and said he left the meeting impressed.

“I felt he was energetic and is looking forward to helping to run innovation,” Gates told WSJ. “I was honestly impressed with how well he showed a great interest in the questions I brought up.”

Gates talked to the Wall Street Journal about his meeting with the president and said he left the meeting impressed. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The great technological CEO presence at Trump’s inauguration surprised the press members when MSNBC host Rachel Maddow asked, “How’s this happening? Why are people with lots of money up on DAIS with cabinet nominees and family members?”

Apple CEO Tim Cook sat next to Trump’s choice of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem. Amazon, owned by Jeff Bezos and Meta, donated a million dollars to Trump’s inauguration events.

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Vice President JD Vance said during an interview on Sunday that Big Tech was still aware of.

“We basically believe that Big Tech has too much power and there are two ways they can do this. They can either respect Americans’ constitutional rights – they can stop engaging in censorship and if they don’t, Can you be absolutely sure that Donald Trump’s leadership will not look too kindly on them, “Vance told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan.

Brennan pressed Vance on whether they were still planning to break Big Tech.