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riversedge

(77,570 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 04:07 AM Friday

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

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,578 posts)
5. "Mr. President, thank you for your leadership!"
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 05:42 AM
Friday

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

(73,979 posts)
6. The billionaires who are destroying the US and Americans for fun and profit.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 05:52 AM
Friday

Their greed is pathological and toxic.

AverageOldGuy

(2,909 posts)
8. Melania and Artifical Intelligence . . .
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 06:18 AM
Friday

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

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