Once-woke billionaire CEO enrages San Francisco liberals by urging Trump to send National Guard into crime-ridden city

Tech billionaire Marc Benioff has raised the eyebrows of many San Francisco liberals after urging President Trump to deploy National Guard officers into the crime-ridden city.

Benioff, who owns Time magazine and is the CEO of Salesforce, has called on the commander in chief to deploy federal troops into the so-called Golden City.

Salesforce, which owns the tallest skyscraper that dominates in the downtown financial sector, boasts a philanthropic history of donating millions to fund the city.

The tech honcho’s remarks come after he ditched his own left-leaning ties and supported Trump’s agenda of sending troops to ‘clean up’ ‘democrat destroyed cities.’

In a New York Times interview, the tycoon declared his full support for additional law enforcement officers in Fog City.

‘We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it,’ he told the outlet.

The bombshell statement follows Trump’s fiery shots at the Democrat-run city in August, slamming it’s leadership and current state.

‘Look at what the Democrats have done to San Francisco,’ the president told reporters in a press statement.

Tech billionaire Marc Benioff is facing backlash after urging Trump to deploy National Guard officers in San Francisco

Aerial view of the San Francisco skyline, the Salesforce Tower dominates in the financial sector of downtown

San Francisco still faces a drug epidemic and lower-level crime issues despite it’s overall crime rates dropping

‘They’ve destroyed it. We could clean that up, too. We’ll clean that one up, too.’

The city still faces a crippling drug epidemic and lower-level crime issues despite it’s overall crime rates dropping.

What’s more, residents are fed up with the drug crisis, some even suing the Democrat-run city for allegedly turning their neighborhood into a drug-ridden hellhole.

Enraged city Dems fired back at Benioff’s calls for additional law enforcement.

‘Salesforce is a great San Francisco company that does so much good for our city. Inviting Trump to send the National Guard here is not one of those good things,’ California Senator Scott Weiner wrote on X.

‘Quite the opposite. We neither need nor want an illegal military occupation in San Francisco.’

San Francisco District Attorney General Brooke Jenkins ‘broke her silence’ and also lashed at Benioff on Friday.

‘@KristiNoem and @realDonaldTrump have turned so-called public safety and immigration enforcement into a form of government sponsored violence against U.S. citizens, families, and ethnic groups.’

Elon Musk backed the fellow tech giant CEO in an X post on Sunday, writing: ‘SF downtown is a drug zombie apocalypse.’

Benioff said that his political affiliation is independent and he’s supported both Democratic and Republican candidates

Millennium Tower building between Salesforce Tower and 181 Fremont in San Francisco, California

Elon Musk then backed the fellow tech giant CEO in an X post on Sunday, writing: ‘SF downtown is a drug zombie apocalypse’

Arrests for petty drug crimes have increased amid Mayor Daniel Lurie’s attempt to crackdown on the infested drug problem.

Benioff’s claims contrasted his previous progressive beliefs, leaving left San Franciscans gawked.

In 2018 he slammed his fellow San Francisco billionaires by saying they’re ‘hoarding’ money and not aiding the homelessness crisis.

The billionaire criticized Jack Dorsey, co-found of Twitter, in an interview with the Guardian.

‘He just doesn’t want to give, that’s all. And he hasn’t given anything of consequence in the city.’

Benioff has called out affluent business moguls in the past to aid in the homeless crisis, and even runs the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative.

In 2018, he funded a city ballot measure campaign to tax businesses, including Salesforce, to fund services for the homeless.

His new philanthropic investments in San Francisco are being overlooked by his remarks.

Salesforce announced their $15 billion investment to the city over the next five years because they ‘believe deeply in it’s future’.

The billionaire mogul wrote on X that he believes the city’s public safety challenges are real.

‘Every possible pathway’ needs to be explored to create a safer city, he said, adding that Salesforce is providing an $1 million to support larger hiring bonuses for new police officers.

‘It’s proof that collaboration works and a reminder that the city needs more resources to keep San Franciscans safe year-round,’ he wrote.

Benioff is planning on giving the keynote address at the Dreamforce conference this week in San Francisco.

He hired hundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to patrol the convention area, adding the city’s police force is underfunded.

‘You’ll see. When you walk through San Francisco next week, there will be cops on every corner. That’s how it used to be,’ he told The Times.

Benioff said that his political affiliation is independent and he’s supported both Democratic and Republican candidates.