Trump Convenes Tech Giants at White House; Elon Musk’s Absence Sparks Speculation

President Donald Trump hosted a high-profile dinner for leading technology executives at the White House on Thursday, September 4, 2025, a gathering notable for the conspicuous absence of Tesla, SpaceX, and X CEO Elon Musk.

The exclusive event saw the likes of OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, among others, engaging with the President. Several tech leaders used the opportunity to highlight substantial domestic investments, with Meta, Apple, and Alphabet each pledging hundreds of billions annually in the U.S., while Microsoft committed tens of billions.

Musk, once a close ally tasked with federal spending initiatives, has been at odds with Trump following a public feud earlier this year. Their disagreements escalated over Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ which Musk labeled ‘idiotic,’ and Musk’s subsequent accusations regarding the concealment of Jeffrey Epstein’s files. The dinner underscored the complex and often shifting relationship between the Trump administration and Silicon Valley’s most influential figures.

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