Palantir CEO Alex Karp makes U-turn on Donald Trump | Latest Tech News
The midterm elections this month noticed a Democratic blowout of GOP candidates even in deep-red territory — and it seems it’s led one outstanding tech determine who buddied up to President Trump to change his tune.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp bragged about his lefty bona fides and claimed he’d back a Democrat for president in a new interview with Politico, sparking mockery for the seemingly shameless flip-flop.
“I’ve been a Democrat my whole life. I grew up in a far left environment. I know more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet, and I absolutely believe Palantir – all of our products – are essentially progressive,” Karp said.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has sparked widespread mockery for his seemingly shameless political flip-flop. Getty Images
It was only a 12 months in the past that many had seen him as a right-wing ally.
Karp’s company Palantir Technologies, a secretive data analytics giant, had contracts with the Trump administration that included aiding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the now-shuttered Department of Government Efficiency.
He even claimed that his company was the first to be “completely anti-woke” last 12 months, alongside a number of cases where he has defended President Trump.
The New Hampshire-born tech exec even once blasted the Dems as “completely irresponsible.”
“He has clearly shifted to the right, although he would probably say that he didn’t leave the left — the left left him,” Michael Steinberger, creator of “The Philosopher in the Valley,” told The New York Post last 12 months.
But now, after the midterms, Karp told Politico that Democrats “absolutely” corrected in 2026 enough to win back his assist in 2028.
The data analytics boss, who’s price an estimated $18 billion, clarified he is not going to back any member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
But he also mused to Politico about the failures of capitalism.
Karp apparently had a number of cases where he has defended Republican President Donald Trump. REUTERS
“‘What are you gonna do about economic justice in this country?’ And I would say the Democrats have an advantage here because for many Republicans there’s an orthodoxy that capitalism solves all problems,” Karp said.
“Maybe that was once true. I never thought it was true. It’s definitely not true now. And so basically everyone center, center-left understands this,” he added.
Actress Susan Sarandon joins an anti-ICE protest at New York’s Union Square in January 2026. James Keivom for NY Post
Karp said Trump made errors in his second time period, pointing to the president’s current remarks that his immigration coverage went too far.
“I’m glad he’s saying in public now what I’ve been saying in private,” Karp claimed.
The tech titan’s shifting political allegiance had many in the public and on social media disgusted with what they perceived as opportunism.
Voters put together their ballots at a voting heart during the midterm election in Los Angeles in early November. ZUMAPRESS.com
“Did he make a comment remotely close to this in the last 3 years? What a pandering POS,” wrote one consumer.
“Oh… tech sociopath who has been sucking up to Trump is now considering backing Democrats?
How very opportunistic of Karp!” another posted.
Many famous that since his company depends closely on authorities contracts, it only made business sense for him to please whoever is in energy.
But the switcheroo could not work, warned one consumer by the title of Thomas Chadowski:
“The Democrats are still coming after you for supporting DHS and we won’t forget you walking back your support for immigration enforcement,” he said.
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