By Tom Orsborn, Staff writers | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-20 13:47:29
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
圣安东尼奥马刺队的合伙人之一正在与埃隆·马斯克的政府效率部（DOGE）合作，这是一个非官方机构，正在主导大规模裁减联邦雇员和大幅削减特朗普政府开支的行动。
乔·格比亚(Joe Gebbia)是爱彼迎 (Airbnb) 的亿万富翁联合创始人，并被描述为马斯克的密友。他是特斯拉公司 (Tesla Inc.) 的董事会成员，马斯克是该公司的首席执行官。
据NBA球队称，格比亚于2022年1月以“战略合作伙伴”的身份加入了马刺队的投资者团队。上周，他陪同德克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特观看了奥斯汀马刺队的比赛，这是一支马刺队拥有的，在NBA发展联盟中比赛的球队。
作为长期的民主党人，格比亚曾于2016年向希拉里·克林顿和2020年向乔·拜登的总统竞选活动捐赠了大量资金。但他于今年1月透露，他经历了一次政治觉醒，并在11月投票给了唐纳德·特朗普。
我有一个秘密要坦白：
我做了一件错事。
年轻时候的我
会因此憎恨我自己。
只有少数人（也许还有字节跳动）知道这件事：
我在去年11月投票给了共和党。
我知道，我知道
我能听到失望的声音：别这样说啊…
— 乔·格比亚 (@ jgebbia) 2025年1月19日
格比亚的政治转变以及他参与马斯克的DOGE促使一些爱彼迎房东和客人威胁要放弃这个在线租赁市场。
43岁的格比亚是奥斯汀居民，他不再在爱彼迎担任运营职务，但仍然是董事会成员和主要股东。他还是非营利组织Airbnb.org的主席，该组织为难民、寻求庇护者和自然灾害的受害者提供临时住所。
爱彼迎已经试图与格比亚的政治立场保持距离，称他与DOGE的合作是“以个人身份”进行的，他的观点不代表爱彼迎或Airbnb.org的观点。
拥有马刺队的马刺体育娱乐公司尚未立即回应置评请求。
格比亚上个月在马斯克拥有的社交媒体平台X上宣布，他将志愿加入DOGE，并将专注于改进联邦雇员基于纸质的退休金制度。
很高兴分享我将把我的设计师思维和创业精神带入政府。我在DOGE的第一个项目是改进缓慢且基于纸质的退休流程。
自2022年离开爱彼迎的运营岗位以来，我一直在寻找下一个数字设计挑战…… https://t.co/P6GoccLcZJ— 乔·格比亚 (@ jgebbia) 2025年2月27日
“很高兴分享我将把我的设计师思维和创业精神带入政府，” 格比亚在2月27日的帖子中写道。
“我在DOGE的第一个项目是改进缓慢且基于纸质的退休流程。自2022年离开爱彼迎的运营岗位以来，我一直在寻找下一个数字设计挑战。我认为没有什么比志愿改善我们政府内部的用户体验更重要的了。”
“如果其他信誉良好的人也想帮助设计美观、用户友好的数字产品，请与我联系，” 格比亚写道。
马斯克和格比亚一样，是一位科技企业家，曾与进步事业联系在一起，但后来却发生了急剧的右倾。马斯克的众多商业企业包括SpaceX，他向特朗普2024年的总统竞选活动捐赠了2.77亿美元，使他成为该选举周期中对两党捐款最多的捐助者。
马斯克作为DOGE负责人的削减成本举措已被证明具有深刻的两极分化，引发了在美国和欧洲的特斯拉经销店的抗议和破坏行为。
在DOGE的指示下，联邦机构已经解雇了数万名试用期员工，取消了拨款，并关闭了项目。马斯克的团队几乎解散了美国国际开发署，这是美国人道主义援助的主要工具。联邦法院已经阻止了马斯克的一些行动，至少是暂时的。
格比亚与DOGE的联系在一些爱彼迎房东和租客中引发了强烈反对，他们在该公司的社区中心留言板上表达了沮丧之情。
“听说乔·格比亚加入马斯克的DOGE，我感到非常不安。很多人联系我说他们不会再住在爱彼迎了！请把他从董事会除名，”一位评论员写道。
“我们是爱彼迎的房东，已经有7年了，并且非常依赖通过这个平台预订，”另一位用户说。“但是，我不能成为一个通过其董事会关系支持一个迅速发展成为法西斯政权的的组织的一部分。我正在研究其他的预订平台——有什么建议吗？
据《纽约时报》报道，格比亚向克林顿2016年的总统竞选活动捐赠了超过20万美元，并向拜登成功的2020年竞选活动捐赠了类似的金额。他在2023年向拜登的连任努力捐赠了2万美元。
在1月19日，也就是特朗普宣誓就任第二任总统的前一天，格比亚在X上的一篇长文中透露，他已经放弃了他的民主党同情心，并投票给了特朗普。
为了向他的“年轻时的自己”解释他的转变，格比亚写道，“你一生中投票支持的那些民主党人已经不是以前的那个政党了。就像你的时尚感一样，他们迷失了方向。希望他们能努力赢回像我这样的人。”
“媒体告诉我们，热爱这个国家意味着憎恨特朗普，多年来我相信了这一点，” 格比亚写道。“直到我……做了我自己的研究。”
他说，他已经意识到特朗普是一位爱国者，他“深深关心”公共安全、政府效率、安全的边境以及“把常识带回我们的国家”。
“我们可以一起让这个国家再次伟大，从南方的美洲海湾一直到北方的格陵兰大州，” 格比亚总结道。
据彭博亿万富翁指数显示，格比亚的净资产接近90亿美元。他的财富来源于他在爱彼迎的股份，该公司是他于2008年共同创立的。
格比亚新发现的保守主义与长期担任马刺队教练的格雷格·波波维奇的政治观点形成鲜明对比，波波维奇是该球队的公众形象。波波维奇一直直言不讳地支持进步事业，并尖刻地批评特朗普。
去年11月，波波维奇称特朗普是“地球上最大的抱怨者”，并补充说：“他就像我见过的最差劲的五年级恶霸。我的意思是，你希望你的孩子像他那样行事吗？”
一周后，波波维奇中风了。从那时起，他一直无限期地离开球队。米奇·约翰逊担任代理主教练。
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点击查看原文：San Antonio Spurs partner is working with Elon Musk's DOGE
San Antonio Spurs partner is working with Elon Musk’s DOGE
A partner in the San Antonio Spurs is working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the unofficial agency that is spearheading mass layoffs of federal employees and deep spending cuts for the Trump administration.
Joe Gebbia is the billionaire co-founder of Airbnb and is described as a close friend of Musk’s. He is a board member of Tesla Inc., where Musk is CEO.
Gebbia joined the Spurs investor group as a “strategic partner" in January 2022, the NBA franchise said at the time. Last week, he accompanied Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to watch the Austin Spurs, a Spurs-owned team that plays in the NBA’s developmental league.
A longtime Democrat and major donor to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020, Gebbia revealed in January that he had experienced a political reawakening and had voted for Donald Trump in November.
I have a confession to make:
I did a bad thing.
Something the younger me
Would hate myself for doing.
Something that only a few people (and maybe Bytedance) know:
I voted Republican last November.
I know, I know
I can hear the crush of disappointed voices: Say it ain’t so,…— Joe Gebbia (@ jgebbia) January 19, 2025
Gebbia’s political turnabout and his involvement in Musk’s DOGE prompted some Airbnb hosts and guests to threaten to abandon the online rental marketplace.
Gebbia, 43, an Austin resident, no longer has an operating role with Airbnb but remains on its board and is a major shareholder. He also is chairman of the nonprofit Airbnb.org, which provides temporary lodging to refugees, asylum seekers and victims of natural disasters.
Airbnb has sought to distance itself from Gebbia’s politics, saying that he is working with DOGE “in his personal capacity” and that his views don’t reflect those of Airbnb or Airbnb.org.
Spurs Sport & Entertainment, which owns the Spurs, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gebbia announced last month on X, the social media platform owned by Musk, that he would volunteer with DOGE and would focus on modernizing the paper-based retirement system for federal employees.
Excited to share I’m bringing my designer brain and start-up spirit into the government. My first project at DOGE is improving the slow and paper-based retirement process.
Since leaving my operating role at Airbnb in 2022, I’ve been looking for the next digital design challenge.… https://t.co/P6GoccLcZJ— Joe Gebbia (@ jgebbia) February 27, 2025
“Excited to share I’m bringing my designer brain and start-up spirit into the government,” Gebbia said in the Feb. 27 post.
“My first project at DOGE is improving the slow and paper-based retirement process. Since leaving my operating role at Airbnb in 2022, I’ve been looking for the next digital design challenge. And I can think of few more important ones than volunteering to improve the user experience within our government.
“If anyone else in good standing wants to help design beautiful, user-friendly digital products, reach out,” Gebbia wrote.
Musk, like Gebbia, is a tech entrepreneur who was once associated with progressive causes but later took a hard turn to the right. Musk, whose many business enterprises include SpaceX, contributed $277 million to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, making him the largest donor to either party during the election cycle.
Musk’s cost-cutting moves as head of DOGE have proved profoundly polarizing, sparking protests and acts of vandalism at Tesla dealerships across the U.S. and in Europe.
At DOGE’s direction, federal agencies have laid off tens of thousands of probationary employees, canceled grants and shut down programs. Musk’s team has all but dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, the prime vehicle for American humanitarian aid. Federal courts have blocked some of Musk’s actions, at least temporarily.
Gebbia’s connection with DOGE sparked a backlash among some Airbnb hosts and renters, who expressed dismay on the company’s Community Center message board.
“I am extremely disturbed hearing about Joe Gebbia joining Musk’s DOGE. So many people are contacting me saying they won’t stay in an Airbnb again! PLEASE remove him from the Board,” wrote one commenter.
“We are Airbnb hosts of 7 years standing and rely heavily on bookings through this platform,” said another user. "However, I cannot be part of an organisation that supports, through its board associations, what is rapidly making itself known as a fascist regime. I am researching alternative booking platforms — any suggestions?
Gebbia contributed more than $200,000 to Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and a like amount to Biden’s successful 2020 campaign, the New York Times reported. He donated $20,000 in 2023 to Biden’s re-election effort.
On Jan. 19, the day before Trump was sworn in to a second term as president, Gebbia disclosed in a lengthy post on X that he had ditched his Democratic sympathies and voted for Trump.
Addressing his “younger self” to explain his change of heart, Gebbia wrote that “those Democrats you’ve voted for your whole life aren’t the same party they used to be. Like your fashion sense, they’ve lost their way. Hopefully they’ll make an effort to win people like me back.
“We were told by the media that loving this country meant hating Trump, and for many years I believed that,” Gebbia wrote. “Until I … did my own research.”
He said he had come to realize that Trump is a patriot who “deeply cares” about public safety, government efficiency, secure borders and “bringing common sense back to our country.”
“Together, we can make this nation great again, from the Gulf of America in the South all the way to the great state of Greenland in the North,” Gebbia concluded.
Gebbia’s net worth is nearly $9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His fortune is derived from his shares in Airbnb, which he co-founded in 2008.
Gebbia’s newfound conservatism stands in contrast to the political views of longtime Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, the public face of the franchise. Popovich has been outspoken in support of progressive causes and caustic in his criticism of Trump.
In November, Popovich called Trump “the biggest whiner that ever walked the face of the earth,” adding: “He’s like the poorest example of a fifth-grade bully I’ve ever seen. I mean, would you want your kids to act like he does?”
A week later, Popovich suffered a stroke. He has been on an indefinite leave of absence from the team since then. Mitch Johnson is serving as acting head coach.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writers, via San Antonio Express-News