Tech billionaires are now shaping the militarization of American cities

Photo caption: Skyline of downtown San Francisco from Ina Coolbrith Park on July 15, 2021. The small park is perched on the steep incline between Taylor and Mason streets and is named after Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928), an American poet and a prominent figure in the early San Francisco literary scene. Photo credit: © Frank Schulenburg via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (no modifications). Article by Nate Anderson. Ars Technica – October 24, 2025.

Yesterday, Donald Trump announced on social media that he had been planning to “surge” troops into San Francisco this weekend—but was dissuaded from doing so by several tech billionaires. “Friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge,” Trump wrote. Who are these “friends”? Trump named “great people like [Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang, [Salesforce CEO] Marc Benioff, and others” who told him that “the future of San Francisco is great. They want to give it a ‘shot.’ Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!” […]

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