Trump marvels at embrace by CEOs, top tech bosses: 'Everybody wants to be my friend!'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Trump found himself at the center of the business world recently when he rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange after he was named Time's "Person of the Year," greeting top business leaders on his visit.
71% : Trump told Time magazine he has a "massive" mandate after his victory.
62% : Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Meta, met with Trump last month.
56% : "Now they're like, you know what, we should come and kiss the ring, because Trump means deregulation.
55% : Trump on Friday said on Truth Social that former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates asked to go to Mar-a-Lago that night.
55% : The meetings could mark a change in how the business community works with Trump in his second term, with the embrace either driven by knowing they need a seat at the table or fear retribution.
52% : In recent days, Google's Sundar Pichai, Cook and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew all visited with Trump.
52% : Sources note that at major global conferences like the World Economic Forum in Davos and the Future Investment Initiative (FII), business executives have expressed excitement about Trump back in the White House.
50% : While CEOs flock to Mar-a-Lago, some argue they want to curry favor with Trump now with the expectation that they won't always agree with him over the next four years.
49% : If you go to any of the international conferences like FII or Davos, you hear corporate titans talking about their hope for less regulation, better tax structure, stuff like that," said a longtime Democratic donor and bundler.
48% : "Trump won with 49.8 percent of the vote, gaining around 77 million votes compared to Harris's 74.4 million.
41% : During a press conference last week, after he met with Apple's Tim Cook, Trump said that the "biggest difference" between his first administration and his second "is that people want to get along with me this time.""The first one they were very hostile ... and this one is very much less hostile.
32% : Trump said Thursday on Truth Social after having dinner with Amazon's Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post and reportedly yanked the newspaper's endorsement of Trump's opponent, Vice President Harris.
31% : Somehow in this crazy situation, Trump has figured out how to get Silicon Valley, who bows to no one, to bow to him," the source said, referring to billionaire Elon Musk.Democratic lobbyists have also shared that their clients in the business community know they need to engage with Trump World.
30% : Bruce Mehlman, a former official under President George W. Bush, described the difference between corporate America's attitude toward Trump in 2016 and now as "massive."He added that CEOs especially want to engage with an administration "when they have a mandate and momentum.

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