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Love him or loathe him, you've got to admit that President Donald Trump is a meme-worthy addition to the White House. Known for his epic soundbites and spouting seemingly nonsensical words like 'bigly' and 'covfefe', the POTUS is also immortalized for catchphrases like 'fake news' and 'sad'. Donald Trump’s often priceless reactions mean even his biggest critics sometimes struggle not to laugh at his inadvertent hilarity.
Speaking Donald Trump's lingo apparently isn't as easy as you'd think, and although Elon Musk once looked like he had it locked down as the President's First Buddy, it appears he isn't as good at speaking to Trump as you'd originally think.
As one of the most powerful men in the world, and threatening to bring the tech industry to its knees with his One Big Beautiful Act bill and scathing trade tariffs, the Silicon Valley boys have been forced to fall in line.
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Even the man once affectionately referred to as 'Tim Apple' had to bend the knee, as Apple's Tim Cook made a U-turn on plans to make the iPhone in India and promised to build big in the USA.
Another tech bro trying to curry favor with President Trump is Mark Zuckerberg. In a new book from Jonathan Karl, the ABC News journalist claims that the Meta overseer called for a meeting with the Attorney General on how best to speak with Trump.
As reported by The Independent, a passage in the upcoming Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America refers to a March 12 meeting where he asked Pam Bondi for guidance about how to 'effectively speak' to the President about Meta's concerns.
The same day, Zuckerberg sat with Trump to discuss the company's future just a month before the Federal Trade Commission's April 14 antitrust case.
This wouldn't have been the first time that Zuckerberg had met with the President, although it sounds like he was wary of this more formal liaison. It's fair to say the pair have some past history, especially after Trump threatened to jail the social media mogul if he won the 2024 election.
Instead, Zuckerberg donated big to his campaign, broke bread with him at Mar-a-Lago, and has since attended a lavish dinner alongside fellow tech giants, including Bill Gates, Cook, and Sam Altman.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has yet to rule on the antitrust case, and even though it could see Meta forced to split off assets like Instagram and WhatsApp, Zuckerberg is seemingly tucked up in bed with the current administration. Despite an awkward hot mic moment, Zuck has vowed that Meta will spend $600 billion in the USA and has put his differences with the POTUS aside... for now.
If Zuckerberg hadn't already learned the tricks to wooing Trump from Bondi, recent actions have likely done him plenty of favors. Meta is listed among the private donors who've donated to Trump's controversial White House ballroom, while Zuckerberg has bought a $23 million home that's just a stone's throw from the White House.
Now that Zuckerberg has learned Trump's tongue, perhaps he could give Musk a few pointers.
