Benioff Dances Around Questions About National Guard, Trump Administration H-1B Policy with Platitude on ‘Safety’

The wildest moments from Marc Benioff’s interview with The Standard

We reveal some of the most interesting things the Salesforce CEO said that didn’t make it into our story — like how he came to call for the National Guard to enter San Francisco.

Benioff tries to duck Guard comments

At his company’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Marc Benioff tried to avoid discussing his controversial call last week for President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops to The City.

Benioff dances around questions about National Guard, Trump administration H-1B policy with platitude on ‘safety’

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff declined to directly address questions about Trump administration policy or comments he made last week regarding the National Guard. Benioff has been under fire for comments he made to The New York Times last week, showing support for federal troops being deployed to San Francisco. "We don't have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I'm all for it," Benioff said to NYT. The comments were met wi…

Salesforce CEO who backed National Guard deployment previously funded protest-industrial complex

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, a longtime Democratic mega donor, is backing President Donald Trump on sending in the National Guard to San Francisco, after helping to heavily fund what dark money watchdogs call the protest-industrial complex. In an interview with the New York Times last week, Benioff said Trump should deploy the National Guard to... The post Salesforce CEO who backed National Guard deployment previously funded protest-industrial c…

Marc Benioff exposed himself as craven and hollow. He has company.

Salesforce CEO's inane call for siccing the National Guard on San Francisco is met with performative inanity