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''' VICTORY -TECH- VICTORS '''

THE SHIFT : '' WHAT A TRUMP VICTORY MEANS FOR TECH GIANTS '' : The Republican wave that swept Donald J. Trump back into office did not, despite what some podcasters might claim, originate in Silicon Valley.

Here, the liberal San Francisco, rank-and-file tech workers still largely vote for Democrats. 

And while some prominent tech leaders came out in support of Mr.Trump - most notably, Elon Musk and a cluster of right-wing executives and venture capitalists who bankrolled his campaign - many other either supported Kamala Harris or parked themselves comfortably on the sidelines.

But whether they voted for Mr. Trump or not, nearly everyone in tech will feel the consequences of a second Trump term, whether social media companies or crypto investors or the companies trying to build the next generation of artificial intelligence systems.

Mr. Trump's first term was wild and unpredictable, carrying a noisy day-to-day business environment that even the biggest tech companies struggled to navigate. It's likely that more chaos and uncertainty lie ahead.

But here are a few predictions I feel confident making:

MUSK VINDICATED 

Mr. Musk, already the tech industry's most visible and polarising figure, may have done more than anyone else in America to elect Mr. Trump. 

He was not only one of Mr.Trump's biggest donors and his highest-profile supporter on the campaign trail - he turned X, the social network he owns, into a megaphone for the MAGA movement, flooding user's feeds with pro-Trump content and urging people to vote for him.

No one in Silicon Valley has ever put his thumb on the scale this hard. And no one will benefit more from a second Trump presidency than Mr. Musk, who will become the most powerful businessman in America [if he wasn't already].

If Mr. Trump appoints Mr. Musk to an official position in the new administration - he has suggested he might put him in charge of a new '' department of government efficiency '' that would cut the federal work force.

Mr. Musk will be in the enviable position of getting to pick who regulates his companies, including Tesla and SpaceX. He could also try to fire anyone who gets in his way.

Or he could do to government workers what he did to Twitter, ordering huge layoffs and keeping only the ones he deems loyal.

In any case, it's all upside for Mr. Musk, whose $44 billion purchase of Twitter and the money he spent getting Mr. Trump elected now look like chump change, compared with the value of the influence he'll wield in the new administration.

KISSING THE RING 

It won't just be Mr. Musk cozying up to Mr. Trump. Many Silicon Valley leaders will try to get on the good side of the incoming administration in a hurry.

During Mr. Trump's first term, some tech leaders stood up to him, quitting various advisory councils and challenging some of his policies. But they saw that publicly opposing Mr. Trump carried a price.

A few tech leaders will quietly fume about Mr. Trump, and some may even dare to oppose him publicly.

But given the displays of obsequiousness we saw during the campaign, I would expect to see most tech chief executives quietly tolerate - if not enthusiastically support - his second term agenda.

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