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5. Friday afternoon update
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 06:42 PM
Oct 2025
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/benioff-trump-national-guard-sf.html
Salesforce CEO apologizes for saying Trump should send National Guard to San Francisco
Published Fri, Oct 17 20254:08 PM EDT Updated 2 Hours Ago

Key Points

• In a post on X, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he regrets comments he made in support of President Trump sending federal troops to San Francisco.

• “Having listened closely to my fellow San Franciscans and our local officials, and after the largest and safest Dreamforce in our history, I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco,” Benioff wrote.

more verbiage at the site.

So much for SalesFarce

Keeps bad company, anyway.

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