Trump Hosts White House Dinner For Tech CEOs; Indian-Origin Leaders Attend, Elon Musk Snubbed | World News
US President Donald Trump hosted a special dinner for a special technology manager at the White House on Thursday, and several leaders of Indian origin participated in the event.
Among the Indian-American CEOs on the guest list include Sundar Pichai from Google, Microsoft Chef Satya Nadella, Micron Technology President Sanjay Mehrotra, Vivek Ranadive, President of Tıbco Software and Shyam Sankar from Palantir.
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However, Tesla, X and SpaceX leader Elon Musk, one of Trump’s closest allies before falling, did not participate in the event.
In an article in X, Musk announced that he was invited, but unfortunately he could not attend the event.
“I was invited, but unfortunately I could not attend. A representative will be there,” he said.
Bill Gates but not Elon Musk… .WTF? https://t.co/3mld1vkvgv – Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) 4 September 2025
A White House official then confirmed that Musk was not included in the guest list.
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The event is also the global, including Microsoft’s founding partner Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Openai leaders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, Oracy CEO Safra Catz, Blue Origin’s David Limp, scale Alexandr Alexandr Catra Catra Catra Catra Catra Catra Catra Catra Catra He also saw the existence of the most influential names in technology.
In the early hours of the day, the first Lady Melania Trump hosted a White House event focused on artificial intelligence attended by Altman and Pichai.
Musk-Trump Rift
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s association began in July last year, Tesla CEO, attempted to attack him in Pennsylvania, after the White House supported the Republican race. Musk contributed millions of Trump’s campaign and quickly developed a close working relationship with him.
Their connections grew strong enough to be appointed as an unpaid presidential advisor under Musk’s “Private State Employee” category, and was elected co -chairman of the newly established Government Productivity (DOGE).
However, the relationship experienced a big slit of Trump’s ‘great beautiful bill’ in the early this year. Musk criticized the administration’s plan by saying that it would expand the federal gap and weaken Dogge attempts.
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