Victor Davis Hanson: From Enemies to Allies? Trump’s Quid Pro Quo With Silicon Valley

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

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President Donald Trump held a tech summit last week where a number of notable tech CEOs and gurus—who previously were vehement opponents of Trump—met at the White House. This included former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, members of Google, and more. It’s a quid pro quo: If major tech companies stop offshoring and start investing billions of dollars in the U.S. and create jobs, then Trump will approve their investments, productions, and use of greater energy sources. Victor Davis Hanson breaks it all down and explains how this move is similar to what former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did when World War II broke out on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “These CEOs don't like Trump. They're opposed to him ideologically, but they have one thing in common: They're patriotic.” “Maybe, just maybe, Trump can do for the United States in these emerging, absolutely essential fields of artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, robotics, genetic engineering what FDR did in the War Production Board.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	of big tech CEOs and corporate grandees in general and meet at the White House.
0:39.5	He had them all around the table and they were the richest and most innovative people in
0:44.2	America.
0:44.7	So it's kind of a quid pro quo when he brings in people that are hostile to him, but he doesn't
0:49.7	care as long as they're patriotic.
0:51.8	They're pro-American.
0:53.0	They're going to use their brilliance
0:54.3	in capital and expertise to advance the United States security and prosperity. This is very
0:59.3	reminiscent of what FDR did in 1939, 40, 41. If you do the following, if you do not
1:07.0	outsource, if you do not offshore, if you try to invest billions of dollars in the United
1:12.8	States and you create jobs and you produce these products here, I'll try to get rid of the
1:18.0	red tape to the extent that I can. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.
1:35.3	Donald Trump this past week has had a number of big tech CEOs and corporate grandees in general and meet at the White House. He had them all around
1:46.6	the table, and they were the richest and most innovative people in America. He had Bill Gates,
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