On Thursday, President Trump hosted a meeting with leaders of major tech companies, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a format reminiscent of his cabinet meetings, where each participant took turns thanking him for his focus on innovation and his efforts to boost investments in American chip manufacturing and artificial intelligence.
Katherine Bunt, Meridith McGraw, and Meghan Bobrowsky for The Wall Street Journal:
Tech titans including Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said “thank you” to the president, with some laying out how much their companies plan to invest in the U.S.
“Thank you for being such a pro-business, pro-innovation president. It’s a very refreshing change,” Altman said. “I think it’s going to set us up for a long period of leading the world, and that wouldn’t be happening without your leadership.”
Cook said Apple is expected to invest $600 billion in the U.S. “I want to thank you for setting the tone such that we can make a major investment in the United States and have some key manufacturing here. I think it says a lot about your leadership and focus on innovation,” Cook said.
MacDailyNews Note: President Trump wanted to use the dinner to debut of the newly renovated Rose Garden and its new patio, but rain pushed the meal inside to the White House dining room, where Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were seated at a long table with the tech executives and senior administration officials, including AI and crypto czar David Sacks and chief of staff Susie Wiles.
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“in a format reminiscent of his cabinet meetings”
….in a format reminiscent of North Korea.
can you imagine being that narcissistic that you require everyone around you – business leaders, heads of state – to offer constant disingenuous praise or be punished?
John,
You’re an idiot. He is a politician. That what politicians do! How stupid can you be?
Trump is a flakey narcissist. He is motivated by flattery aka he will be nice to anyone who praises him. Trumps while cabinet is made up of sycophantic Republicans whose only job is to constantly praise their cult leader by telling him how amazing he is and what a wonderful job he is doing which is completely the opposite to what is happening to the US economy right now.
Without constant praise Trump reverts to being to throwing tantrums similar to a 5 year old kid in a sand pit who didn’t get his own way.
Meanwhile, the tantramic flake, that’s surrounded himself with obsequious, & servile cabinet members, manages a surprisingly energetic & obedient cabinet…as if programed by their Master. Because of the head-turning number of campaign goals achieved in less than nine months, many are asking where at the White House (his Sand Pit) are these Cabinet members being programed and injected with the President’s “Do-As-I-Say” juice?
It pains many to see such–so called–progress, when–not so long ago– we had such a wonderful time when our leaders were seeking to give leftist the perch they deserve. Communists deserve their place at the table and law-breakers deserve mercy b/c their actions merely seek to put food on their table.
it’s not what American politicians have ever done before.
it’s what pathological narcissists and North Korean dictators do.
The Obama Years.
Always blaming Obana when all other excuses fail.
The sh*t show in America started since that arrogant narcissistic liar Obozo came to power. And don’t get me started what the cadaver with dementia unleashed…
The report: Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Commends The US President.
The response; President required (perhaps forced–in manner of Prez of N Korea) heroic appraisal for public consumption. Cook, likely under pressure, obviously acted perfunctorily, to support the President’s narcissistic personality.
Side story; other tech titans were present at meeting and it’s suspected they too are under pressure to speak fawningly. One such titan said “thank you” to US President (gasps heard). This titan–one at the tip of the AI-spear–specified thanks; (possibly while feeling muzzle at his back), “for being such a pro-business, pro-innovation president. It’s a very refreshing change.”
Many in the crowd–including John–shuffled sheepishly as they reminisced fondly of previous Exec, that “led” from a coma-state…which gave the appearance of being “nice,” which is so nice.
WTF Tim?!
No matter how many times TC brown-nosed Mr T, DT has backstabbed TC/Apple, but TC keeps complimenting despite r_pe…guess it’s pure politeness & still trying to coax Mr T to change his mind??!
T Tariffs will make US manufactured iPhone cost $3500! ALL manufacturers in US suffer from tariffed supplies! ALL US consumers suffer from higher tariffed prices from food to electronics to furniture, everything, as WalMart, Target, all sorts of chains can’t profit.
T screwed US reputation/standing/trust worldwide, most of the world turns against us.
T not only has added 42% higher living costs to all Americans, he rid social benefits, reduces medical benefits, rid school lunch & programs, rid shelters, rid departments that make flying safer, rid fema, lied about reducing taxes as it’s raised on the poor or masses, lies about reducing inflation as it’s much higher, lies about reducing debt as it’s tripled etc.
Mr T is breaking the country.
But tech CEOs praise him.
We’ve become the laughing stock of the world.
Every empire crumbles, disappears, once it reaches Decadence.
The only way USA can keep alive, or still have partial power, is through marketing lies, constant fear-war-mongering, endless wars, bullying, threats, coup d’état, not intelligence/wisdom/maturity/professionalism.
“T Tariffs will make US manufactured iPhone cost $3500! ALL manufacturers in US suffer from tariffed supplies!”
rolf,
You want to bet on that?
bet? it’s not me saying it, it’s been said by market analysts.
but shall we bet, are there odds on this i.e. through DraftKings etc? ; )
Still trusting experts, eh?
I used to do that. It was nice to have faith in the expert class like that.
Sadly (and I mean that), those days are over.
Meanwhile in LA democratic leaders will not approve permits for residents to rebuild their burnt down homes. That is leadership failure.
MIC DROP!
And over $100 million of California’s “fire relief” money has gone to left wing NGOs not engaged in … fire relief. In contrast, “narcissist” Trump’s EPA cleaned up the hazardous waste from the fire zone in record time. And apropos, in 2009, a psychiatrist who literally wrote the book on narcissism described Obama as a textbook example. So let’s hear no more about who’s a narcissist.
I’ve long defended Tim Cook, he’s no Steve Jobs but there is no Steve Jobs anywhere anymore- but this was gutless and pathetic, kissing the Fascist’s fat butt and his wife’s, too. Are all these fat cats so scared or just greedy?….
AURAMAC:
Get that TDS that’s raging in your head fixed asap. It’s making you spout hate-filled nonsense while the rest of the sane world welcomes the relief from murderous criminals released from prison 16 times until they massacre innocent and defenseless citizens. Get a grip man….