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://t.co/P8LUH3laQy
— Molly Wood (@mollywood) November 21, 2019
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.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 21, 2019
It's also unclear what the Facebook CEO, board member and president talked about.https://t.co/6j0i0NNd3o
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://t.co/fc5UxzLmKN
— Chad Orzel (@orzelc) November 21, 2019
Major "Per my email" vibes. Not a good look. https://t.co/U3VgBAZlyW
— drew olanoff (@yoda) November 21, 2019
"Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible”
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 21, 2019
— Pete Thiel, the go-between helping Trump & Zuckerberg solve the problem of democracy existing. https://t.co/2faqjM07GJ
Secrecy abets suspicions https://t.co/tOAEX7F0wM
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) November 21, 2019
Remember when White House visitor logs were a thing? https://t.co/FzxRTS1udN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 21, 2019
Zuckerberg, Trump, Melania, and Thiel had a secret dinner at the White House last month.
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) November 21, 2019
Facebook has been preaching political transparency. Yet it didn't disclose this. https://t.co/zVqYC0O4np
anyone who is surprised that thiel has been working zuck on behalf of trump is a moron https://t.co/fSIwd3uCNY
— drew olanoff (@yoda) November 21, 2019
“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.”
— Arlan ?? (@ArlanWasHere) November 21, 2019
...because it was shady AF. https://t.co/4KzOuOYOOk
Zuckerberg is attacking Warren and dining with Trump https://t.co/8IE4AVuGr5
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 21, 2019
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"
— Jeff Bercovici (@jeffbercovici) November 21, 2019
Zuckerberg meets with all kinds of people who all happen to only be Republicans https://t.co/v7TCHoYQts
— Alexis Goldstein ?️? (@alexisgoldstein) November 21, 2019
SECRET DINNER with @realDonaldTrump - Peter Thiel & Mark Zuckerberg...
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) November 21, 2019
WHY WOULD IT NEED TO BE SECRET? https://t.co/FdWLDyJKiX
I genuinely don't understand why @Facebook would issue such a smarmy response here. The "As is normal" phrasing does them no favors.
— Mat Honan (@mat) November 21, 2019
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://t.co/P8VujBnxTm pic.twitter.com/dgjk2sNR50
For a company that wants to appear to be apolitical, it certainly is spending a lot of time being political. https://t.co/Qq7PjMHYXX
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) November 21, 2019
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://t.co/KNUtZanylC
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) November 21, 2019
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://t.co/fpLBStWnOs
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) November 21, 2019
Tim Cook has rea$on$ for not correcting Trump's outrageous lie about an Apple plant in Texas https://t.co/iqkeadQQWC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 21, 2019
Tim Cook is letting President Trump pretend he opened an Apple plant.
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 21, 2019
Cook and Trump have at times had an adversarial relationship, but as time has gone on, they’ve leaned into the mutually beneficial parts of their dynamic instead:
https://t.co/bZCQfWAU84
Trump keeps saying Apple just opened a new plant in Texas.
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 21, 2019
Except it didn’t. The plant has been making Apple computers since 2013. But Apple — and CEO Tim Cook — aren’t saying anything to correct the record. https://t.co/BZTSvSjhOg
Tim Cook is just letting Trump lie about Apple https://t.co/NlIxhV6tOM
— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan_Rinaldi) November 21, 2019
Tim Cook is just letting Trump lie about Apple https://t.co/679mpyjwu5 pic.twitter.com/aQaY3lsK4C
— Ged Maheux (@gedeon) November 21, 2019
Donald Trump had undisclosed dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel at White House, Facebook confirms https://t.co/MtCdU7JChV pic.twitter.com/7suqi5I1Xo
— Masque of the Red Death (@doctorow) November 21, 2019
なぜ隠したのか Donald Trump had undisclosed dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel at White House, Facebook confirms https://t.co/h4ucuIvr1u
— Masayuki Hatta (@mhatta) November 21, 2019
Threat Thursday #ThreatThursday
— Emil (@Emil_Sabu_Core) November 21, 2019
Threats to our telecom networkshttps://t.co/J140yNStHH
??????????@A_COREbts @CoreBTS @SaraLMarino @KelseyNaps @BarrySnoz @politico
Trump hosted secret White House meeting with Facebook CEO
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) November 22, 2019
https://t.co/Xs0NZFJMAY
Trump Secretly Met with 2 Crypto Heavyweights https://t.co/renb4cvaoQ
— CCN Markets (@CCNMarkets) November 21, 2019
Facebook is a cesspool of misinformation, hate speech, and political interference and they don't seem to care. This news doesn't surprise me in the least.https://t.co/UXTpeJQUFj
— Horrible Goose?️??? (@C_Resists) November 21, 2019
New from me + @dylanbyers:
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 21, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg had a secret dinner with Donald Trump and Peter Thiel last month, @NBCNews has learnedhttps://t.co/6j0i0NNd3o
Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October https://t.co/PJbLEaaolI
— ༄༄Ꭿsia༄༄ (@_ItsJustAsia_) November 21, 2019
Zuckerberg, Trump, Melania, and Thiel had a secret dinner at the White House last month.
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) November 21, 2019
Facebook has been preaching political transparency. Yet it didn't disclose this. https://t.co/zVqYC0O4np
NEW: Trump hosted a secret dinner with Mark Zuckerberg Peter Thiel last month.
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) November 21, 2019
This was the 2nd time time Zuck met with Trump in October, and it took place right as Zuck defended Facebook’s decision to let politicians buy the right to lie on its platform.https://t.co/JVKhJurWIN
Different day same damn problem! We need an administration that starts to put the peoples needs over these giant corporations & their profits! #OneVoice1 https://t.co/E5ycapV1OV
— Ducks Can Resist Too ?????️??#EqualityAct (@dhershiser) November 21, 2019
The mind reels at the thought of the conversation.https://t.co/vSW395KcIA
— RC deWinter (@RCdeWinter) November 22, 2019
Thiel, Trump, Zuckerberg having an undisclosed dinner chatting about stuff. https://t.co/jYnWYXjvnL
— Jason Stanley (@jasonintrator) November 21, 2019
Obviously this is bad but in a perverse way it's gratifying to see billionaire tech lords abase themselves before Trump. Tim Cook and Zuck being like "so good, nice and dry" when this porridge-brained old shitheel asks them how their burgers are. https://t.co/T0kuLoCt4w
— David Roth (@david_j_roth) November 21, 2019
#NEW: Pres. Trump hosted a previously undisclosed dinner with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and board member Peter Thiel at the White House in October. https://t.co/kcBEnNtamD
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) November 21, 2019
트럼프, 페이스북 CEO와 비밀 백악관 회의 개최 https://t.co/dKUYmTQKAp
— lunamoth (@lunamoth) November 22, 2019
#trump lies. He's not the least bit shameful for it. But for #TimCook to permit him to lie about a new company opening and taking credit for it to bolster his presidency, is a damn shame upon Cook!https://t.co/cIwoVklEn4
— Michael??? (@mterr337) November 22, 2019
Tim Cook is just letting Trump lie about Apple https://t.co/3nfaggo1e9
— Recode (@Recode) November 21, 2019
Trump hosted secret White House meeting with Facebook CEO || Via: TheHill https://t.co/GOuaNdcltS
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) November 22, 2019
So Trump met with Mark Zuckerberg of @facebook and @peterthiel (who is an investor of Texas Bitcoin mining startup) in a secret meeting. ????https://t.co/NWs0j6CJ0o
— @johnkim77 *No underscore ⚡️Chief LTC Evangelist? (@johnkim77) November 22, 2019
Trump hosted a previously undisclosed dinner with @facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg & board member Peter Thiel at the WH in Oct.
— Minh Ngo (@minhtngo) November 21, 2019
The mtg took place during Zuckerberg’s recent visit to DC, where he testified before Congress.#DeleteFacebook#ResistersForumhttps://t.co/ti21K2nqjz
Scoop w/ @oneunderscore__: Mark Zuckerberg attended dinner with President Trump and the First Lady at the White House last month. Facebook board member Peter Thiel also in attendance. https://t.co/qqaQ2gWfZm
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) November 21, 2019
Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October https://t.co/F0LIZk2Dy5 via @nbcnews All those that have had enough of Trump & his Reps, if you have F.B? “DELETE!” Let Zuckerberg know that he is endorsing a racist coward & in no way is acceptable.
— {{F-U?45-??LIAR}} (@JayValenz67) November 21, 2019
This comes right as Facebook agrees to let Trump lie in his advertising. Facebook users deserve better from Mark Zuckerberg. https://t.co/qsQ9YAMrSg
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) November 22, 2019