Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, a heavyweight in Democratic fundraising circles, has broken ranks with his party by backing President Donald Trump’s push to deploy the National Guard in San Francisco amid soaring crime and disorder. Benioff’s comments, made during a New York Times interview, come as the city grapples with years of failed policies that have left streets overrun with open drug markets, rampant theft, and unchecked homelessness.
Benioff didn’t hold back in praising the administration’s approach. “I fully support the president,” he said. “I think he’s doing a great job.”
He went further, endorsing the idea of federal troops stepping in to bolster what he sees as a severe shortage of local police—estimating the city needs about 1,000 more officers to restore order. This stance marks a stark shift for Benioff, who has poured millions into liberal causes, including a 2018 ballot measure that hiked business taxes to fund homeless programs, and even hosted a lavish fundraiser for Hillary Clinton at his Presidio mansion.
The call echoes Trump’s own Oval Office remarks from August, where he listed Democratic-run cities plagued by chaos and vowed action.
“You look at what the Democrats have done to San Francisco—they’ve destroyed it,” Trump said. “We’ll clean that one up, too.”
Benioff, a close ally of California Governor Gavin Newsom—serving as godfather to one of Newsom’s children—now finds himself at odds with state leaders who are suing the Trump administration over similar Guard deployments in Los Angeles.
San Francisco’s downward spiral isn’t new, but it’s accelerated under progressive governance that prioritizes permissive approaches over enforcement. Despite Newsom’s early promises as mayor to tackle homelessness, the crisis has exploded, with tent encampments, fentanyl-fueled overdoses, and brazen shoplifting forcing major retailers to shutter stores. Critics argue this isn’t mere incompetence but a deliberate erosion of law and order, where soft-on-crime district attorneys and defund-the-police rhetoric have empowered criminals while handcuffing cops.
Benioff’s pivot suggests even deep-pocketed insiders are fed up, especially as his own Dreamforce conference looms—he’s hiring hundreds of off-duty officers to secure the event, admitting, “When you walk through San Francisco next week, there will be cops on every corner. That’s how it used to be.”
Local Democrats aren’t taking it lightly. City Supervisor Matt Dorsey blasted the idea on X as “a slap in the face to San Francisco,” insisting it’s an insult to the police force they’ve been trying to rebuild. State Senator Scott Wiener called it an “illegal military occupation,” while Assemblyman Matt Haney decried it as a “direct assault” on the city. Their outrage rings hollow to many, given how quickly the streets were cleaned up for a Chinese delegation visit last year—proving the mess is fixable when political will exists, but apparently not for everyday residents.
Benioff’s remarks have rippled through tech circles, with White House adviser David Sacks celebrating the defection on X. As more Silicon Valley figures quietly align with Trump-era policies on security and economic revival, it exposes the cracks in the left’s grip on California. If a megadonor like Benioff is willing to invite federal intervention, it raises questions about who’s really pulling the strings in these failing blue strongholds—and whether the chaos serves some hidden agenda to keep power centralized in Sacramento and beyond.
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