NB News reported on Wednesday that last October, President Donald Trump hosted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and board member Peter Thiel at the White House.
The meeting took place during Zuckerberg’s latest visit to Washington, where he testified before Congress about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency Libra . Zuckerberg also gave a speech at Georgetown University last week, citing the company’s commitment to free speech and its resistance to calls for the company to crack down on misinformation in political ads.
As is natural for a CEO of a major American company, Mark accepted the invitation to dinner with the President and First Lady at the White House.
A source told NBC News that Thiel was also present. It is unclear why the meeting was not made public or what was discussed.
The dinner was the second meeting between Zuckerberg and Trump in a month. Zuckerberg also met with the president during his visit in September.
The Facebook chief isn't the only high-ranking tech executive to meet with the president recently. On Wednesday, Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook toured an Apple in Austin.
