'It is morning in America again': Tech leaders react to Trump's victory

As former president Donald Trump swept to victory on Wednesday, tech leaders in Silicon Valley posted messages of congratulations and even gloated over his return to the Oval Office.

Trump has clashed with several executives who are now aligning themselves with the incoming president, including his recent threats to imprison Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and break up Google over allegations of “rigged” search results.

Despite these past conflicts and the tensions during his previous term, many of the tech CEOs Trump once targeted are now publicly commenting on his victory.

Here’s what some of the biggest names in the tech world are saying:

SpaceX, Tesla owner Elon Musk

“It is morning in America again,” posted Musk on X.

Apple CEO Tim Cook

“Congratulations President Trump on your victory! We look forward to engaging with you and your administration to help make sure the United States continues to lead with and be fueled by ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.”

Congratulations President Trump on your victory! We look forward to engaging with you and your administration to help make sure the United States continues to lead with and be fueled by ingenuity, innovation, and creativity.

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) November 6, 2024

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai

“Congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump on his decisive victory. We are in a golden age of American innovation and are committed to working with his administration to help bring the benefits to everyone.”

Congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump on his decisive victory. We are in a golden age of American innovation and are committed to working with his administration to help bring the benefits to everyone. pic.twitter.com/IPX7AJ8VvI

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) November 6, 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

“Congratulations President Trump, we’re looking forward to engaging with you and your administration to drive innovation forward that creates new growth and opportunity for the United States and the world.”

Congratulations President Trump, we’re looking forward to engaging with you and your administration to drive innovation forward that creates new growth and opportunity for the United States and the world.

— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) November 6, 2024

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

“Congratulations to President Trump on a decisive victory. We have great opportunities ahead of us as a country. Looking forward to working with you and your administration,” Zuckerberg posted on Instagram

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

“Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.”

Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 6, 2024

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

“congrats to President Trump. i wish for his huge success in the job. it is critically important that the US maintains its lead in developing AI with democratic values.”

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

“We congratulate President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance and look forward to working with the new Administration and Congress to advance priorities that promote resilience, innovation and competition in America.”

We congratulate President-elect Trump @realDonaldTrump and Vice President-elect Vance @JDVance and look forward to working with the new Administration and Congress to advance priorities that promote resilience, innovation and competition in America 🇺🇲.

— Cristiano R. Amon (@cristianoamon) November 6, 2024

With inputs from agencies