But anchor Eugene Daniels was particularly interested in the moment when Zuckerberg, seated directly to Trump’ right, was asked by the president how much Meta would be spending in the U.S. over the next few years.
“Oh, gosh,” Zuckerberg began, hesitating. “I mean, I think it’s probably going to be something like, I don’t know, at least $600 billion through ’28 in the U.S., yeah.”
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“It’s — it’s significant,” Zuckerberg said. “Sorry, I wasn’t ready to do a — a big announcement. I wasn’t — I wasn’t sure what number you wanted.”
And with that, the veil had been lifted, as Daniels took note.
Next time someone comments that some CEO has committed to spend $X in the U.S. in the presence of the POTUS, you can point to this obvious admission.