Salesforce CEO Apologizes for Pro-Trump National Guard Comments

Salesforce Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff apologized for calling on President Donald Trump to send the National Guard to San Francisco, after almost a week of public criticism from local allies and government officials for his statements.

“Having listened closely to my fellow San Franciscans and our local officials, and after the largest and safest Dreamforce in our history, I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco,” Benioff wrote Friday in a post on social network X.

The Salesforce co-founder has faced backlash after saying in an interview with the New York ...