"Meta CEO and alleged human being Mark Zuckerberg got caught by a hot mic kowtowing to president Donald Trump in the most flagrant manner imaginable. The gaffe occurred at a White House dinner on Thursday evening attended by some of the biggest leaders in tech, including Zuckerberg, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Apple's Tim Cook. The CEOs and sundry were called upon by Trump to extoll their commitments to invest astronomical sums of money for building AI infrastructure in the US."
"Come Zuckerberg's turn, he was clearly was not prepared. "How much are you spending, would you say, over the next few years?" Trump asked. "Oh gosh," Zuckerberg said. "Um, I mean I think it's probably going to be something, like, I don't know, at least $600 billion through '28 in the US. Yeah." Moments later, when the formalities ended and Zuckerberg probably thought he was no longer being recorded, the centibillionaire was all apologies."
A White House dinner gathered major technology leaders, where President Donald Trump asked CEOs about planned AI investments. Mark Zuckerberg responded hesitantly, estimating at least $600 billion in U.S. investment through 2028. After formalities, Zuckerberg apologized for being unprepared and unsure what figure to give. The moment illustrates the tech industry's tendency to cite large, speculative numbers and portrays executives aligning with Trump following prior tensions between Trump and Meta. Trump had previously accused Meta of conspiring against him and threatened imprisonment if he was targeted again. Recent signaling by tech leaders appears to have softened Trump's stance toward Zuckerberg.
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