After extensive backlash, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has retracted the comments he made last week and apologized on X for urging Trump to send National Guard troops to San Francisco. It only took a very public falling out with his buddy Ron Conway and being roasted by a slew of local government officials, tech executives, philanthropists, and the general public over the course of a full week. [Chronicle]

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/18/saturday-links-a-beleaguered-marc-benioff-retracts-apologizes-for-national-guard-remarks/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. My earlier

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