The president looked to the first lady, 24 years his junior, for assistance after a question didn’t register.

President Donald Trump had to lean on First Lady Melania to help a reporter’s question while hosting technology leaders at the White House. The first couple hosted Silicon Valley giants, including Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday evening. There was an incomplete Tesla CEO from the table and that he was invited, but former Trump Advisor Elon Musk, who said “unfortunately could not participate ve and sent a representative instead. Trump, surrounded by Zuckerberg on the one hand and Melania on the other, organized brief questions from the press in the room, including a reporter standing in front of the table asking a microphone, “Do you plan to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the near future?”