Archive · 5 Sep 2025
Trump Jests with Zuckerberg About a Political Career
During a White House dinner with tech leaders, President Trump joked with Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, about him starting a political career.
Zuckerberg quickly replied, "No, it's not."
The dinner included other tech leaders like Tim Cook from Apple, Bill Gates, and others.
Trump then asked the tech CEOs how much they planned to invest in the U.S., with Apple and Meta each pledging $600 billion, Google promising $250 billion in two years, and Microsoft confirming $75-80 billion this year.
Trump joked to Zuckerberg about the beginning of his "political career".
Zuckerberg quickly responded by denying the idea.
The dinner included tech leaders such as Tim Cook, Bill Gates, and Satya Nadella.
Apple and Meta pledged $600 billion investment in the United States.
Microsoft announced an investment of $75-80 billion.
- Who
- Trump and Zuckerberg
- What
- Trump joked about Zuckerberg's political career
- When
- Thursday evening
- Where
- White House
- Why
- Following a reporter's question about free speech
- Event
- White House Dinner with Tech Leaders
- Attendees
- Trump, Cook, Nadella, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Gates, Altman, Mehrotra, Sankar, Ranadive
- Zuckerberg's Response
- Denied Trump's suggestion of a political career
- Apple's Investment
- $600 billion
- Meta's Investment
- $600 billion
- Google's Investment
- $250 billion (next two years)
- Microsoft's Investment
- $75-80 billion (this year)
Sources
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