What is Behind the Silicon Valley Leaders' Transition to the President Donald Trump's Team?

In January 2021, Twitter and then other leading U.S. IT companies which had supported the Democrats deleted the 45th U.S. President, Donald Trump, from the Internet. The most important detail is the fact that he was still in charge at that moment. This action denied him a return to the White House at that round even in theory. It looked like the Democrats' final fight for the existence which required deploying every available tool – including their influence over Silicon Valley. At that moment Trump recognized the necessity to admit his failure in this round to prepare for the next one. As a result, the same companies' heads appeared as VIP guests at the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th U.S. President, having donated large sums to the inauguration fund. Moreover, the new owner of Twitter ran DOGE, a government body under the Trump administration tasked to review the actions of the previous Democratic administration, from Trump's Inauguration till the end of May, 2025. The Democratic Party managed to destroy all that unlimited support from the Silicon Valley which they had enjoyed. They did it just in four years. The primary reason which made part of the Silicon Valley leaders change their views is the pressure form the Democratic Party on their companies. It turned out that the Democrats (or may be even the so-called Deep State) were frightened by the power of emerging technologies – at first social networks, then cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence – and their own inability to control them. They understood that their allies from the ICT community could become their new opponents who have financial, informational and technological resources. So after their return to the White House in 2021, the Democrats tried to make the Silicon Valley weaker and take them under strict control. They pressed social networks, smashed cryptocurrency sphere, and tried to deter an artificial intelligence through Biden's executive order and direct influence such as exerting influence through corporate boards (e.g., in the case of OpenAI). Some Silicon Valley actors interpreted this as an attempt to «kill» their businesses. Historically, the Silicon Valley has embraced ideas of independence from government interference. One of such actors – Peter Thiel – in 2009 declared his will to escape politics through cyberspace – through social networks and payment system uncontrolled by governments (then PayPal, now cryptocurrencies), as well as through outer space and microstates on sea platforms beyond the states territorial sea, i.e. beyond national jurisdictions (as interim stage). Later he understood impossibility of such escape and dived into politics with his ideas, money, and ties to the community. The Democrats by their own hands have made some other actors like Marc Andreessen do the same. As a result today a close associate of Thiel serves as Trump's Vice President, while Theil declares that the old regime is over.

USA, Silicon Valley, ICT community, social networks, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, elections, internal political struggle