CAUGHT on HOT MIC: Zuckerberg tells Trump he ‘wasn’t sure’ how much to promise to spend in the U.S.
September 6, 2025
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4:10Now PlayingCAUGHT on HOT MIC: Zuckerberg tells Trump he ‘wasn’t sure’ how much to promise to spend in the U.S.
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as posted by the channelOn Thursday, President Trump hosted a White House dinner with tech leaders, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, and Apple's Tim Cook. As Axios notes, the dinner comes as Big Tech pushes for a hands-off approach to AI from the government. But in a striking “hot mic” moment, after Zuckerberg shared plans for Meta to invest at least $600 billion in the U.S., he turned to Trump to say “Sorry, I wasn’t ready… I wasn’t sure what number you wanted to go with.”
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