CAUGHT on HOT MIC: Zuckerberg tells Trump he ‘wasn’t sure’ how much to promise to spend in the U.S.

On 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.” Our next MSNBC Live event is on October 11th in New York City! Buy Tickets Now: msnbc.com/live25 For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/information/download-msnbc-app-n1241692 Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of political headlines, commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, The Briefing with Jen Psaki, Morning Joe, The Beat, Deadline: White House, The Weeknight, All In, The Last Word, The 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc-daily-signup #markzuckerberg #trump #billionaires