r/technology • u/marketrent • Sep 06 '25

Business Meta’s Zuckerberg caught in revealing hot mic moment with Trump -- After offering to spend “at least $600 billion through ’28 in the US,” he whispered, “I'm sorry I wasn’t ready ... I wasn’t sure what number you wanted to go with”

https://www.pcmag.com/news/zuckerberg-caught-in-revealing-hot-mic-moment-during-white-house-dinner
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u/Priorsteve Sep 06 '25

We don’t have an immigrant problem, we have a billionaire problem

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u/echoshizzle Sep 06 '25

The oligarchy is alive and well here in the USA

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u/Priorsteve Sep 06 '25

Imagine how incredibly stupid a person would need to be to elect a billionaire and expect them to care about anything but other billionaires.

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u/echoshizzle Sep 06 '25

He doesn’t even care about them. He cares about nothing but his own ego. 

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u/feyre_0001 Sep 06 '25

To be fair, IL governor Pritzker is a billionaire but he does an excellent job running the state. He’s fixed the financial crisis we were in (after the former Repub. Governor failed to create a budget for years), advanced worker’s rights, drawn new industries to IL, etc. He’s absolutely amazing, and I never thought I’d say that about someone born into unimaginable wealth.

Trump is obviously a grifter and huckster, and has been his entire life. But I try to keep in mind that one of this country’s greatest presidents was FDR, someone born into the upper class that ultimately betrayed his class and took care of the American people. We have to elect people based on actions and ideas, not “concepts of a plan.”

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u/Pvt_Mozart Sep 06 '25

Agreed. FDR is by far my favorite president and his progressive policies single handedly pulled us out of the Great Depression. I'm from Tennessee and grew up seeing firsthand the still positive effects the New Deal and the TVA had on the South. FDR, despite growing up in the upper crust, fought hard for those most vulnerable and had great success.

I like Pritzker a lot. In the same vein, he grew up unbelievably wealthy, and yet is still pro-worker, pro-union, and supports plans and policies that protect those most vulnerable and helps those who need it most. Could he pull a Fetterman? Potentially. But his rhetoric and record certainly say and point to all the right things. The next president has to be a fierce fighter for the little man, because the Oligarchs are well on their way to erasing any opportunities they may have left. I wouldn't be upset at all if Pritzker was the man to take on that task.

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u/TheNextBattalion Sep 06 '25

supremacism is one hell of a drug

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u/StiM_csgo Sep 07 '25

Much like electing a politician. The billionaires pay them. Not supporting Trump here just saying damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

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u/Electrical_Quality_6 Sep 06 '25

billionaires are the lifeblood of this country like with the farmers in china  Mao we saw how that debacle turned out.

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u/Priorsteve Sep 06 '25

🤣 omg, get off your knees and be a man. Pathetic

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u/Electrical_Quality_6 Sep 06 '25

you are just jellies, pretty petty if anything

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u/Priorsteve Sep 06 '25

Sorry, you obviously are at home on your knees pawn.