Now, as Trump returns to the White House thanks, partially, to money from Silicon Valley, it stands to reason that the big tech platforms currently suffering from European regulatory scrutiny would want it to end. As tech CEOs line up to schmooze with the president, this is surely what companies like Apple, Meta, and Amazon were hoping for.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump said he had once sought approval for a project in Ireland, but ditched it once he was told that it would take “five to six years ... And I said, ‘You have to be kidding.'"