President Donald Trump hosted an undisclosed dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel at the White House in October, Facebook confirmed on Wednesday
a major Trump donor—had a secret dinner with Trump. This is corruption, plain and simple. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan : Don't forget: Mark Zuckerberg openly attacked Elizabeth Warren while secretly meeting with Donald Trump. Tells you everything you need to know about the so-called liberals to who run Silicon Valley. https://twitter.com/... Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : Zuckerberg, Trump, Melania, and Thiel had a secret dinner at the White House last month. Facebook has been preaching political transparency. Yet it didn't disclose this. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Drew Olanoff / @yoda : Major “Per my email” vibes. Not a good look. https://twitter.com/... Mat Honan / @mat : I genuinely don't understand why @Facebook would issue such a smarmy response here. The “As is normal” phrasing does them no favors. If it's so utterly normal and banal, why not announce it? Why is it going viral, if it is so normal? Made it worse. https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/... Molly Wood / @mollywood : In light of the reports about a secret dinner featuring Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, and Pres. Trump, I'd like to refer you back to April 2018, when Sen. Cantwell asked Zuck about Thiel and Palantir and he was like, “Palan-who? I barely know the Thiel!” https://slate.com/... Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : @DylanByers @NBCNews It's unclear why Facebook and the White House didn't admit Zuckerberg, Trump and Peter Thiel had this dinner until we found out separately and asked Facebook. It's also unclear what the Facebook CEO, board member and president talked about. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Judd Legum / @juddlegum : Zuckerberg is attacking Warren and dining with Trump https://twitter.com/... Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers : My guess is they feel like MZ shouldn't be criticized for this “because Tim Cook,” etc. ... but an easy way around that is to just disclose the meeting. https://twitter.com/... Arlan / @arlanwashere : “A source familiar with the dinner told NBC News that Thiel was also present. It is unclear why the meeting was not made public or what Trump, Zuckerberg and Thiel discussed.” ...because it was shady AF. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Chad Orzel / @orzelc : It's perfectly clear why they didn't publicize this: Each of the three believes that being seen to associate the other two will harm their public image. The beautiful part is that all three are right. https://twitter.com/... @slpng_giants : For a company that wants to appear to be apolitical, it certainly is spending a lot of time being political. https://twitter.com/... Stephanie Ruhle / @sruhle : SECRET DINNER with @realDonaldTrump - Peter Thiel & Mark Zuckerberg... WHY WOULD IT NEED TO BE SECRET? https://twitter.com/... Aaron Rupar / @atrupar : Remember when White House visitor logs were a thing? https://twitter.com/... Jeff Bercovici / @jeffbercovici : lol remember when Zuck sent Sheryl to that tech CEOs summit in his place to send a carefully calibrated message? a long way from that to “of COURSE you don't refuse a dinner invitation from POTUS, dummies” @alexisgoldstein : Zuckerberg meets with all kinds of people who all happen to only be Republicans https://twitter.com/... Marc Caputo / @marcacaputo : Secrecy abets suspicions https://twitter.com/... Drew Olanoff / @yoda : anyone who is surprised that thiel has been working zuck on behalf of trump is a moron https://www.nbcnews.com/... Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : “Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible” — Pete Thiel, the go-between helping Trump & Zuckerberg solve the problem of democracy existing. https://twitter.com/...
Amid antitrust scrutiny, Facebook is going on a charm offensive with Republican lawmakers. And now, Mark Zuckerberg and one of Facebook's board members—a major Trump donor—had a secret dinner with Trump. This is corruption, plain and simple. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Don't forget: Mark Zuckerberg openly attacked Elizabeth Warren while secretly meeting with Donald Trump. Tells you everything you need to know about the so-called liberals to who run Silicon Valley. https://twitter.com/...
Zuckerberg, Trump, Melania, and Thiel had a secret dinner at the White House last month. Facebook has been preaching political transparency. Yet it didn't disclose this. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
I genuinely don't understand why @Facebook would issue such a smarmy response here. The “As is normal” phrasing does them no favors. If it's so utterly normal and banal, why not announce it? Why is it going viral, if it is so normal? Made it worse. https://www.nbcnews.com/... htt…
In light of the reports about a secret dinner featuring Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, and Pres. Trump, I'd like to refer you back to April 2018, when Sen. Cantwell asked Zuck about Thiel and Palantir and he was like, “Palan-who? I barely know the Thiel!” https://slate.com/...
@DylanByers @NBCNews It's unclear why Facebook and the White House didn't admit Zuckerberg, Trump and Peter Thiel had this dinner until we found out separately and asked Facebook. It's also unclear what the Facebook CEO, board member and president talked about. https://www.nbcnew…
My guess is they feel like MZ shouldn't be criticized for this “because Tim Cook,” etc. ... but an easy way around that is to just disclose the meeting. https://twitter.com/...
“A source familiar with the dinner told NBC News that Thiel was also present. It is unclear why the meeting was not made public or what Trump, Zuckerberg and Thiel discussed.” ...because it was shady AF. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
It's perfectly clear why they didn't publicize this: Each of the three believes that being seen to associate the other two will harm their public image. The beautiful part is that all three are right. https://twitter.com/...
lol remember when Zuck sent Sheryl to that tech CEOs summit in his place to send a carefully calibrated message? a long way from that to “of COURSE you don't refuse a dinner invitation from POTUS, dummies”
“Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible” — Pete Thiel, the go-between helping Trump & Zuckerberg solve the problem of democracy existing. https://twitter.com/...