Trump Recalls 2019 White House Dinner With ‘Weirdo’ Mark Zuckerberg as ‘Last Week,’ Social Media Chuckles
thewrap.com2019 dinner that Zuckerberg and fellow tech billionaire Peter Thiel attended at the White House. The October gathering, NBC News reports, happened during a trip to Washington, D.C.
when the Meta executive testified before Congress about Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra.“‘Sir, I’d love to have dinner, sir.
I’d love to have dinner. I’d love to bring my lovely wife,'” Trump said at the 2022 rally, mimicking a conversation he said he had with Zuckerberg. “All right, Mark, come on in. ‘Sir, you’re number one on Facebook.
I’d like to congratulate you.’ Thank you very much, Mark. I appreciate it.”Despite Trump’s claim that Zuckerberg initiated the dinner, when the news of the meeting broke in late 2019, a spokesperson for Facebook told NBC News that “Mark accepted an invitation to have dinner with the President and First Lady at the White House.”Thiel, who made the first outside investment in Facebook and is known for funding conservative candidates, was also present.
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