As Salesforce
welcomes tens of thousands of people to San Francisco for its annual Dreamforce conference, CEO Marc Benioff has found himself in the center of local controversy on a national issue.
In an interview with The New York Times published on Friday, Benioff appeared eager for President Donald Trump to send federal troops to his company’s hometown, inserting himself into a national debate about whether the president should call the National Guard into various Democrat-led cities that Trump has maligned.
The Trump administration recently deployed the National Guard to Portland and Chicago, sparking protests and lawsuits.
“We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it,” Benioff told the Times.
