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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEx-Twitter CEO: Meeting with Trump like waterboarding yourself
Ex-Twitter CEO: Meeting with Trump like waterboarding yourself
By Brandon Carter - 06/10/17 08:39 AM EDT
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said President Trumps meetings with Silicon Valley leaders are like waterboard{ing}yourself.
If you dont get invited to this meeting and want to know what it was like, just drink a bottle of gin and then waterboard yourself, Costolo tweeted on Friday night.
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Costolo was referencing news that Trump will hold a meeting later this month with Silicon Valley venture capitalists and entrepreneurs from emerging tech companies, according to BuzzFeed.
Silicon Valley leaders have had a complicated and sometimes tense relationship with Trump since his election in November. Trump met with several tech industry leaders, including Teslas Elon Musk, Facebooks Sheryl Sandberg and Alphabets Eric Schmidt and Larry Page in December, aiming to ease their concerns over the administration's push to crack down on H1-B visas.
Trump has also reached out to Silicon Valley leaders to take part in a new White House council aimed at establishing better digital services for the federal government.
And while tech mogul Peter Thiel served as a key advisor during Trumps transition to the presidency, other Silicon Valley leaders have spurned Trump. Musk announced he would leave several White House advisory councils after Trump announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/337234-ex-twitter-ceo-meeting-with-trump-like-waterboarding-yourself
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Ex-Twitter CEO: Meeting with Trump like waterboarding yourself (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2017
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BSdetect
(8,999 posts)1. I question any CEO who thinks this craphead has any worth
bigtree
(86,005 posts)2. good one
dhill926
(16,364 posts)3. Haha...perfect...