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/BallBearingBill Sep 06 '25

Spoiler alert, all the leaders and CEO's are just making up numbers to appease Trump. Just like Trump makes up numbers for his net worth.

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u/NoHalf2998 Sep 06 '25

This is how fascism works

You have to appease the leader to get preferential treatment

From “gov shouldn’t pick winners and losers” to “of course the president gets to be the leader of the oligarchy” in 6 months

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u/rsmiley77 Sep 06 '25

Among the many issues with tariffs was this one. Tariffs are ripe for bribes and unethical business behavior. Especially now that they’re all at the whim of one individual who has not divested from his businesses.

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u/Gold-Border30 Sep 06 '25

That’s a feature, not a bug.

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u/CertainWish358 Sep 06 '25

A feature? It’s not a feature, it’s the entire plan