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riversedge

(81,549 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 04:07 AM Sep 2025

Trump wined and dined a flock of Silicon Valley billionaires at the White House on Thursday, as the tech lords continue

‪The first thing I noted was trump grinning ear-to-ear--his has his prizes next to him---money bags and his 'wife' Melania


The Daily Beast‬
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President Donald Trump wined and dined a flock of Silicon Valley billionaires at the White House on Thursday, as the tech lords continue to attempt to stay on the president’s good side.

President Donald Trump wined and dined a flock of Silicon Valley billionaires at the White House on Thursday, as the tech lords continue to attempt to stay on the president’s good side.

The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2025-09-05T06:45:03.905825Z

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Trump wined and dined a flock of Silicon Valley billionaires at the White House on Thursday, as the tech lords continue (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2025 OP
May they all rot... CentralMass Sep 2025 #1
The problem with them rotting is that the stinking smell covers us all of us!! riversedge Sep 2025 #2
The grotesquery gets exponentially worse Hekate Sep 2025 #3
Tech Billionaire Bros (r) all got commemorative Brown Noses BoRaGard Sep 2025 #4
"Mr. President, thank you for your leadership!" mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 #5
Melania looks like she has been taken hostage. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #7
This video is beyond nauseating DeeDeeNY Sep 2025 #10
The billionaires who are destroying the US and Americans for fun and profit. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #6
Melania and Artifical Intelligence . . . AverageOldGuy Sep 2025 #8
She can say faaack youuu Donaaald in five languages. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #11
More like Whining that wining. GoneOffShore Sep 2025 #9
Diet Coke and hamberders? Norrrm Sep 2025 #12
All dinners should come with microphones and teleconferencing equipment on the table newdeal2 Sep 2025 #13

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,759 posts)
5. "Mr. President, thank you for your leadership!"
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 05:42 AM
Sep 2025

Trump hosts top tech CEOs at White House: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Tim Cook & more

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President Trump hosted some of the top technology CEOs at the White House for dinner on Wednesday.

The guest list included Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives, according to the White House.

One notable absence: Elon Musk.

he event follows a session of the new Artificial Intelligence Education Task Force, chaired by First lady Melania Trump, which aims to foster AI awareness and education among K-12 students.

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Irish_Dem

(82,369 posts)
6. The billionaires who are destroying the US and Americans for fun and profit.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 05:52 AM
Sep 2025

Their greed is pathological and toxic.

AverageOldGuy

(4,174 posts)
8. Melania and Artifical Intelligence . . .
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 06:18 AM
Sep 2025

Seems about right. I started to say "intelligence" is not the only thing artificial about her.

newdeal2

(5,614 posts)
13. All dinners should come with microphones and teleconferencing equipment on the table
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:57 AM
Sep 2025

Classy.

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