Kara Swisher
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No, it's not.
I'm just saying.
It's a similar connection.
It's like that's what's happening here.
But let me tell you.
You know, it's going to come back to bite you.
I really feel it will and probably should.
Speaking of something that needs to be bitten, Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff appears to be sort of walking back his recent comments in New York Times where he called for President Trump to send National Guard troops to San Francisco.
Benioff tried to clarify his remarks in a post on X saying safety is, quote, first and foremost, the responsibility of our society.
city and state leaders.
He also pointed out correctly that crime in San Francisco is down 30%.
Still, he told the Times that the city needs to refund the police, even though San Francisco never actually defunded its police force.
And it has been doing that.
I got to say, you know, Eve, I have a lot to say about this.
There was a thing I sent you from Gary Tan, who irritates me on the regular, but he said the same thing.
It's all moving in the right direction.
There's all kinds of great statistics of what's happening in San Francisco.
And for Mark to weigh in like this
And then saying we have to be nice to him because he gives a lot of money away.
Like, you give the money away and shut up, Mark.