If Silicon Valley executives were hoping incoming US president Joe Biden would foster the kind of cosy relationship they enjoyed under Barack Obama, they were swiftly disabused of that notion in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Hours after the president-elect made his acceptance speech, his head of press, Bill Russo, retweeted a picture sent by Sacha Baron Cohen, the comedian and film-maker. The picture showed outgoing president Donald Trump meeting Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and commented: “One down, one to go.” Mr Russo added his own comment: “Hell yes.”
It was the clearest sign that Mr Biden’s team share the antipathy towards Mr Zuckerberg and his fellow Silicon Valley titans that has built among Democrats over the past four years.