Donald Trump has been elected as the 45th US President. His victory was shocking as everyone was hoping for the rival Hillary Clinton to win the elections. As per the polls, Hillary was taking the lead but in the final calculation, he has defeated her with very close margin.
We are getting mixed reactions across the world for him being elected as the president of USA. Silicon valley is anxious about his future steps as he has indicated in his previous sayings.
"This feels like the worst thing to happen in my life. I assume we'll get through it, but it sure doesn't feel that way right now," Sam Altman, president of the startup incubator Y Combinator, tweeted. "Is this what it felt like when people first realised Hitler could actually take power?" tweeted Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus. Shervin Pishevar, the co-founder of Hyperloop One, even suggested that California secede.
"Congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump," Thiel said in a statement. "He has an awesomely difficult task since it is long past time for us to face up to our country's problems. We're going to need all hands on deck." Then on Wednesday morning Benioff tweeted: "Congratulations, President Trump. This is what makes America great---our democracy. Now it's time for us to come together as one country."
At the same time, Silicon Valley is vulnerable to Trump's brand of populism. The tech industry is comprised of a group of coastal elites becoming vastly wealthy at a time when the spoils aren't being shared more broadly, that tends to be largely pro-immigration and socially liberal. Automation imperils blue-collar jobs in ways that are likely only to increase.
"For me the best framework I have is Brexit," wrote venture capitalist Fred Wilson on his blog Wednesday morning. "I feel that the economic and societal unease that has been brewing in much of the developed world over the past decade is coming home to roost and I believe that we will see more 'brexits' in the coming months and years."
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