Zuckerberg Caught in Revealing Hot Mic Moment During White House Dinner

This is not normal. This is not acceptable! Whether this behavior continues for 3.3 more years, or for eight, or more, our collective memory must stay strong: This administration is not normal.

>This is not normal.

It is, it's just that we can see it now.

> This is not normal

Honest question, what about this hot-mic moment, isn't normal? There are lots of reasons to oppose the current administration, but this seems like the mildest revelation possible. The kind of interaction that could happen in almost any media circus event.

Zuckerberg said it, not Trump

When my guy is in office it's good and normal. When their guy is in office it's bad.

Zuckerberg knew he needed to come up with a wild number because of Trump's presence. This is what is becoming normalized.

Normal? Nope. Better than the previous, or what would have been put in place of it? Yes.

I don't think Americans would mind someone less radical who could bring the country together next time though. Or maybe everyone would mind, but not enough to feel like its the worst thing in the world. In a way the bar isn't high for anyone I think.

Trump is a POS but Zuckerberg stole his idea for Facebook lol. He doesn't get a pass.

Thanks for assuming my perspective and then snarkily replying based on said assumption.

I actually happen to firmly believe that this has been the norm for a very long time regardless of party.

I do not find it normal for a private company to seek affirmation from a president that a certain amount of investment is in line with what the president thinks that amount should be.

A demented authoritarian needing weekly multi-hour affirmations of his grandeur from his cabinet and the wealthiest corporate overlords on the planet.

Said overlords creating numbers from fantasy-land and selling it to the citizenry as some kind of plan or commitment.

It is mild compared to the other hundred things going on (like the Defense secretary saying women shouldn't have the right to vote), but I can only comment on the ones involving technology.

When you say "this", do you mean sycophant-seeking authoritarian leaders demanding the appearance of commitments with fake numbers? Like when our president demanded a foreign leader "look like" he was investigating the presumptive Democratic nominee in 2019? Or when our president demanded certain numbers be made up in the state of Georgia for him to win an election?

I can't tell what you think "both sides" are doing.

Politicians and businesses knowingly working together to bullshit the general public.

Maybe he admires Trump as a mentor and excellent businessman. ;) Trump /has/ risen to President of the largest capitalist powerhouse in the world - the USA.

Back in reality however… Trump very publicly talked about sending Zuck to jail just a few months ago.