"Hours after Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy showed up for a movie night at the White House. Along with other business executives and several prominent Donald Trump supporters, they attended a private screening of Melania, a new documentary about the president's wife. The moviegoers were treated to buckets of popcorn and sugar cookies frosted with the first lady's name."
"Silicon Valley's top executives have seemingly taken every opportunity to cozy up to Trump. During his inauguration a year ago, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, and Cook sat smiling behind the president in the Capitol Rotunda. The obsequiousness has not stopped since: In August, Cook presented Trump with a custom plaque atop a 24-karat-gold base in the Oval Office."
"But the industry's leaders have not distanced themselves from Trump even as his administration has shattered constitutional and democratic norms. In Minneapolis over the weekend, an American citizen was shot in the street by masked federal officers after recording them with his phone. In the immediate aftermath, top Trump-administration officials blamed Pretti for his own death, despite contradictory video evidence. The uproar has been loud, and not just among Democrats. So far, Silicon Valley's top CEOs have largely remained silent."
Top technology executives attended a White House screening of a Melania documentary hours after Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. Silicon Valley leaders have repeatedly courted the Trump administration, appearing at the inauguration and presenting gifts and praise in Oval Office meetings and White House events. Major tech companies have funded White House projects and maintained close ties despite allegations that the administration has eroded constitutional and democratic norms. A recorded street shooting by masked federal officers prompted official blame of the victim despite contradictory video, and tech CEOs have largely stayed silent amid widespread uproar.
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