For much of the second Trump administration, however, such political speech among more progressive rank-and-file tech workers has been chilled as many Silicon Valley leaders have publicly drawn closer to the White House — and as their companies sign lucrative contracts with agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He added that many of his colleagues fear Google might fire them for speaking out publicly as the union has. Some employees who protested Google’s $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government and military have since been let go. That’s not true for every Silicon Valley c-suiter. Other leaders were never friendly with Trump and don’t appear likely to start being so.