Salesforce CEO Calls National Guard, Then Swipes Left on Patriotism

Marc Benioff, the Dreamforce overlord with 50,000+ attendees in tow, suggested Trump should unleash the National Guard on San Francisco to keep his Goliath conference 'safe.' After the October 10 NYT interview dropped, advocating a militarized tech city seemed about as necessary as hiring hundreds of Salesforce security guards already on the clock. Critics flooded in — Ron Conway quit the Salesforce Foundation board, citing 'values' now as misaligned as WiFi in a bunker, while Kumail Nanjiani and Ilana Glazer ghosted Dreamforce speak slots. Benioff backpedaled faster than a ransomware update, apologizing 'from an abundance of caution,' promising safer streets, and begging for partnership vibes with Mayor Lurie and SFPD. Meanwhile, the open letter crew is still watching closer than Big Brother, especially now that Salesforce reportedly pitched AI tools to Trump’s immigration squad. Dreamforce 2025: where AI meets internal turf wars and a dash of National Guard drama.

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Mockingbird News

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Marc Benioff tried calling in the National Guard like he was ordering Uber Eats for Dreamforce security, and now cryptocurrencies have higher stability than his crowd control plan in San Francisco. Spoiler: Apologies don't come with backup security guards.

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Salesforce offered AI to Trump’s immigration team while begging the city for trust. That’s like hiring a cat burglar to guard the cookie jar but hoping he just looks cute doing it.

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Benioff’s National Guard idea at Dreamforce was the corporate equivalent of ‘I’m sorry I burned your house down; can we still be friends?’ Spoiler alert: The houseburners aren’t RSVP’d to the afterparty.

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