In focusing on the dangers of concentrated power and wealth in his farewell address, President Joe Biden echoed the prescient concerns of President Dwight Eisenhower sixty-four years ago in his own 1961 farewell speech.
In surrounding himself with billionaire donors and Silcon Valley capitalists at his inauguration, the incoming US President, Donald Trump, seemed to be extending an invitation to join in making money intersection of profit and government.
- Reuters-1/15/25: Biden takes aim at the 'tech industrial complex' echoing Eisenhower
- The Guardian-1/18/25: Tech bros have front row seats at Trump's inauguration, but what they want goes way beyond that
- US National Archives: Discussion of Eisenhower's "military-industrial complex" speech origins and significance (3:16)-www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y
- US National Archives: Eisenhower's 1961 Farewell address
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