CEOs in the White House
Trump does not give dinner for tech giants – Elon Musk
In the White House, the elite of the tech industry is placed with Trump – Apple, Meta, Google and Openai. There are many praising words, some announcements about investments in the United States. But one is missing.
US President Donald Trump invited the bosses of the great American tech companies into a white house for dinner. His former consultant, the tech billionaire and Tesla boss Elon Musk, was not present at the meeting. Trump had broken with him after a dispute over the US budget policy a few months ago. Although he was invited, he could not participate “, unfortunately”, cited US media Musk.
On the long board, meta boss Mark Zuckerberg took a seat right next to Trump, and his wife Melania was sitting on the left side. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Apple boss Tim Cook and Sam Altman, head of Openaai, the developer company from Chatgpt, and many more were there on Thursday evening (local time). “The most brilliant heads are gathered at this table,” said Trump according to the US media. “This is definitely a group with a high IQ.”
Tech companies speak of investments in billions
The bosses thanked the President Reihum and talked about planned investments in the United States. Zuckerberg said that everyone present “enormous investments” in the United States, “to build data centers and infrastructure that will drive the next wave of innovation”. According to Zuckerberg, Meta plans investments of at least $ 600 billion in the United States until 2028, according to a video of the meeting.
“Thank you for being such an economic and innovation-oriented president. That is a very refreshing change,” said Altman. “I think this will bring us great success at the top of the world for a long time. Without their leadership, this would not be possible.”
According to Cook, Apple is expected to invest $ 600 billion in the United States. “I would like to thank you for creating the prerequisites for making extensive investments in the USA and that important production facilities can settle here,” said Cook according to “Wall Street Journal”.
Trump and tech elite are looking for closeness to each other
The dinner underlines how closely the Trump government wants to work with leading representatives of the technology industry and how much the industry is interested in securing the president’s favor, the “Wall Street Journal” wrote. There was also talk about investments in artificial intelligence.
At Trump’s inauguration, the Tech bosses had received honor places. The CEOs or their companies donated to the inauguration. Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden had warned of an oligarchy in the United States in one of his last speeches, the rule of a small group.
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Source: Stern
