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What happened at Trump's dinner with tech bosses: Why Zuckerberg and the Google boss felt embarrassed

2025-09-05 16:45:19Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
What happened at Trump's dinner with tech bosses: Why Zuckerberg and the
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"Thank you for being a president who supports business and innovation. It is a fundamental change that will enable us to maintain a long-term leading role in the world, which would not have happened without your leadership." These were the words of Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, during a dinner with Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, for Tim Cook, Apple CEO, the president had played a crucial role in "promoting new investment in the US, bringing strategic manufacturing back to the country. And that says a lot about his leadership and focus on innovation."

Once upon a time, the most powerful people in the world were the heads of Wall Street banks and stock exchanges. After the 2008 economic crisis, this role passed to technology companies like Apple, Google, Facebook (Meta), and Microsoft.

Last night, the executives of these companies attended a dinner at the White House, aware that Trump would use it as an opportunity to praise them.

It's surprising to see leaders who are usually close to progressive ideas sitting next to a conservative president who is changing the way capitalism works in America, with more state intervention.

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, a traditionally pro-democracy company, bowed to reality and attended the dinner, albeit with embarrassment. Pichai is of Indian origin, and India was recently hit with high tariffs by the US, not because it buys oil from Russia (which China also does), but because Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to support Trump's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

During his speech, Trump "rewarded" Pichai for his presence by reminding him that he escaped a severe verdict in the Google antitrust lawsuit, implying that he himself influenced the company not to be severely punished. Then he addressed Pichai: "I know you were in trouble for a Biden administration initiative..."

Although it was true that Biden reopened the antitrust case, Trump forgot to mention that the Republican administration had also continued its investigation of Google.

At the dinner that was originally planned to be held outdoors on the White House lawn for the inauguration (but was moved inside due to rain), Trump had Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook, sit on his arm, whom just a year earlier he had threatened with prison if he used social media to help Kamala Harris in the campaign.

Zuckerberg had acknowledged the situation and visited Trump immediately after the election, and was also present at the inauguration ceremony of the new presidential term.

Trump, in the middle of dinner, said, “This is the beginning of your political career,” which embarrassed Zuckerberg. He tried to deny it with a faint smile and said, “No, it’s not.”

The desire to gain favors or avoid punishment has led these big tech leaders to forget their pride.

Also at the dinner were IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, Oracle CEO Safra Katz, and Bill Gates himself, representing Microsoft. Trump “rewarded” them with a comment: “I’m happy to have gathered around this table a group of people with very high IQs.”

Who was absent?

Two notable absences were noted: Elon Musk, who after a major clash with Trump, has not had good relations and now sees his rivals Altman and Zuckerberg as closer to the president. Jensen Huang, the head of Nvidia, was also absent, but not for political reasons. Trump recently allowed him to sell his chips in China, in exchange for a percentage of the profits. But with the power that Nvidia has today, Huang seems to have no need to be present at such dinners, preferring personal meetings with the president./ Corriere della Sera


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