Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has recently retracted his support for President Trump’s proposal to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco. In a public statement issued on October 17, 2025, Benioff expressed regret for his initial endorsement,

In a sharp departure from his past liberal stances, Benioff told the outlet he “fully” supports the president and thinks the National Guard should be deployed to San Francisco. “We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it,” he said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has a long relationship with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, that dates back to a different era in San Francisco.

Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff on Friday apologized for comments he made last week urging President Trump to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco to address public safety.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has come under fire after calling on the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops to combat crime in his home city of San Francisco, with Matt Dorsey, a Democratic member of the city’s Board of Supervisors, branding it a “slap in the face.”

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff now fully supports President Donald Trump and urged him to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco due to crime concerns.

SAN FRANCISCO — Marc Benioff apologized Friday for saying the National Guard should be deployed to San Francisco, backtracking from his remarks that ignited a week of intense controversy on the left.

Benioff’s comments about the National Guard — which were echoed over the weekend by Tesla CEO and major Trump donor Elon Musk — came in the wake of Trump deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles, Memphis and Washington, D.C. Trump has also threatened to do so in Portland and Chicago, but has so far been blocked by federal courts.

After a week of controversy, that has at times threatened to overshadow his company’s trademark Dreamforce conference, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has apologized for his comments about deploying the National Guard to San Francisco.

The Salesforce CEO had called for President Trump to send the National Guard to San Francisco.

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