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[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

WTF? How can an openly gay CEO sit there and just take it?

Two openly gay CEOs. Peter Thiel is next to him.

 

[FortuneFaded]

WTF? How can an openly gay CEO sit there and just take it?

My mind is filled with innuendo.

Two openly gay CEOs. Peter Thiel is next to him.

This doesn't help.

 

[Wag]

Two openly gay CEOs. Peter Thiel is next to him.

Well, Peter Thiel supported Trump, so there's that.

 

[SexyFish]

WTF? How can an openly gay CEO sit there and just take it?

You realize Peter Thiel is in the room right?

 

[oti]

WTF? How can an openly gay CEO sit there and just take it?

That doesn't matter. He's the CEO of one of the most influential companies in the world. There are stakeholders that want Apple to play ball and be on good terms with the President-elect. That's just Business.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Trump looks the odd one out. He's out of his "yes men" environment.

 

[Netherscourge]

Here is probably how it went down-

Trump: Hi everyone. Just letting you know that you're going to move all your manufacturing operations back to the mainland USA or you're going to pay INSANELY HIGH TARIFFS on your products coming back in from overseas.

Tech Leaders raise their hands: But but...

Trump: No need for questions. I wasn't asking for your input. I just wanted to make that statement. It's time for lunch. Later, gents.

 

[avaya]

Just remembered that Sheryl Sandberg would have been a contender for Treasury Secretary

 

[NekoFever]

I'd have loved to have seen that meeting if Steve Jobs was still alive.

 

[RPGCrazied]

That doesn't matter. He's the CEO of one of the most influential companies in the world. There are stakeholders that want Apple to play ball and be on good terms with the President-elect. That's just Business.

Money before country? Well that is how GOP played this election. Party before country.

 

[Netherscourge]

Well, Peter Thiel supported Trump, so there's that.

He also supported Hulk Hogan against Gawker.

He's about revenge, not morality.

 

[avaya]

I'd have loved to have seen that meeting if Steve Jobs was still alive.

Steve would have started on Page before Trump.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

i thought this was written in jest

until i watched the video..

 

[Netherscourge]

I'd have loved to have seen that meeting if Steve Jobs was still alive.

As he walked out, "AND ONE LAST THING, TRUMP. YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!!"

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

There's nobody like Wilbur

 

[BocoDragon]

I'd have loved to have seen that meeting if Steve Jobs was still alive.

I'm not sure if he would've told Trump off, or if they would have bonded over shared megalomania...

 

[Tugatrix]

The Sound of Silence is playing in his head.

In that moment he saw the future and it was bleak

 

[batman2million]

I want to go in that room and ask someone for a dollar.

 

[jstripes]

The Sound of Silence is playing in his head.

This is a man who just stared into the abyss.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

i thought this was written in jest

until i watched the video..

It never ceases to amaze me just how stupid he sounds, in print and on video.

 

[Tugatrix]

So his grabbing the hand of a gay man just right next to Pence, oh wow

 

[Aquavelvaman]

Pence is thinking "Leave room for the Holy Spirit, you two"

 

[More_Badass]

i thought this was written in jest

until i watched the video..

My brain hurts reading this

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

"If only I had the courage to leave"

hahahahaaa

 

[Escape Goat]

Im already sick of Trump's red ties

 

[Wag]

So his grabbing the hand of a gay man just right next to Pence, oh wow

He grabbed some pussy earlier to even things out.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

this is the most uncomfortable photo i've seen in a LONG time.

god damnit I don't like my president elect

 

[Dryk]

i thought this was written in jest

until i watched the video..

Why is he talking about easing trade restrictions? I thought he was all about protectionism?

 

[GeoNeo]

Only one I'd trust in that meeting that has the betterment of human kind in mind would be Elon.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Only one I'd trust in that meeting that has the betterment of human kind in mind would be Elon.

Yep, wolfs and sharks the rest of them. They probably ate leftovers of their own grandmothers for lunch intermission while checking their stock prices incessantly.

 

[Rentahamster]

I'm hearing that Musk, Nooyi, and Kalanick have joined up as advisers of some kind?

 

[Blablurn]

Poor Tim Cook

 

[More_Badass]

I'm hearing that Musk, Nooyi, and Kalanick have joined up as advisers of some kind?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...r-join-trumps-business-adviser-team/95416356/

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will join President-elect Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum, giving the tech sector a stronger presence among his team of business advisers

 

[innervision961]

Of course Thiel is sitting next to Trump, wonder what his hand is doing under the desk.

 

[BasicMath]

No answer = "Depends on the number of H1Bs that we get."

 

[Escape Goat]

Of course Thiel is sitting next to Trump, wonder what his hand is doing under the desk.

What?

 

[Window]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...r-join-trumps-business-adviser-team/95416356/

Here's a list of previously announced members:


Stephen A. Schwarzman (Forum Chairman), Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone;
Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners, LLC, Former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission;
Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors;
Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic;
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co;
Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock;
Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company;
Rich Lesser, President and CEO, Boston Consulting Group;
Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.;
Jim McNerney, Former Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing;
Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners;
Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President, and CEO, IBM;
Kevin Warsh, Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics, Hoover Institute, Former Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
Mark Weinberger, Global Chairman and CEO, EY;
Jack Welch, Former Chairman and CEO, General Electric;
Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Vice Chairman of IHS Markit;

 

[Maxim726X]

It never ceases to amaze me just how stupid he sounds, in print and on video.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: We've elected a fucking moron.

He's a used car salesman that apparently just sold a clunker to the entire country.

 

[Morts]

Why the fuck are Trumps kids in all of his meetings? Tell me that's not strangest thing ever.

That awkward as fuck handshake.

Seriously. I thought they were going to be running his sham of a 'blind trust'. I don't understand why this isn't continually being questioned.

Then again we moved on from the outrage that is Steve Bannon in twenty minutes, so that's just how things are going to be from now on.

 

[Shig]

Looks like one of Bezos's eyes is trying to escape the meeting.

 

[Isaac Otherworld]

Is it any surprise corporations and businesses are excited to work with the Trump administration? Fascism is good for business.

 

[Stinkles]

SMH.

If the pic wasn't bad enough, the extra detail on trump's name placard pushed me over.

 

[Fried Food]

The Sound of Silence is playing in his head.

mad props on SOS pull

 

[rokkerkory]

Our ceo there too! Go Chuck!!

 

[yanipheonu]

I'm familiar with Trump alarming desires to dismantle scientific research, but is there a way they may sabotage the tech sector by meddling in scientific research? Or are they relatively safe so long as smartphones keep getting made?

 

[HStallion]

The title is inaccurate. It should read Trump meets tech leaders, entertains them for a few hours, then promptly forgets everything they said after they leave the room.

 

[cress2000]

"These people are an obstacle. Their minds are much more objective than mine so they won't listen to me. I am (a wannabe) God, therefore I must figure out a way to destroy them before they get into my way."

 

[Technosteve]

That muslim registery if real i will curse off everyone of those fucking silent trump supports at my place of work.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

My brain hurts reading this

I'm not joking. I watched the video linked earlier and it gave me a headache.

 

[killer rin]

The two people beside Trump look like they are plotting to just jump the man