Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco — stunning his own PR team
In Brief Posted: 5:37 PM PDT · October 10, 2025 Connie Loizos Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco — stunning his own PR team Marc Benioff has long been San Francisco’s liberal-leaning billionaire, the tech executive who funded homeless services, donated to the city’s public schools, and hosted Hillary Clinton fundraisers. But in a new, wide-ranging phone interview with the New York Times from his private plane, Benioff revealed a political transformation that seemed to surprise even his own communications team, despite that Salesforce has hundreds of contracts with the federal government. The Salesforce founder declared he “fully supported” President Trump and thought National Guard troops should patrol San Francisco…
