The first 100 days of the Trump White House left Silicon Valley scratching its head

President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office have galvanized tech engineers, who vigorously protested the president — and in some cases, turned their fire on executives like Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, to get them to strike more forcefully at the White House. It isn’t all opposition, however.

Apple, Microsoft, Google, Oracle and other major tech companies that long have tried to overhaul the US tax code have found a president who’s willing to grant them a few wishes. President Trump’s tax plan is but a page — and it’s already politically imperiled in Congress — but it still backed a one-time tax break for businesses that bring back billions of dollars from overseas. So too have the nation’s tech titans gained a few allies in government. Much is still on the horizon. President Trump has pledged an infrastructure package, for example, that could be valued by as much as $1 trillion. Other work around issues like self-driving cars is well underway. “I think this is a marathon, not a sprint,” said Michael Beckerman, the president of the Internet Association. “A first 100 days is just 100 days, and you have years to go. And a lot of the things that were on the agenda…. are not directly related to our industry. I think the question of success will be later on.”