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Twitter Cut Out of Trump Tech Meeting Over Failed Emoji Deal, Says Report (politico.com)
According to Politico, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was "bounced" from Wednesday's meeting between tech executives and President-elect Donald Trump in retribution for refusing during the campaign to allow an emoji version of the hashtag #CrookedHillary. Trump's adviser Sean Spicer denied the report, saying "the conference table was only so big." Politico reports: Twitter was one of the few major U.S. tech companies not represented at Wednesday afternoon's Trump Tower meeting attended by, among others, Apple's Tim Cook, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, and Tesla's Elon Musk -- an omission all the more striking because of Trump's heavy dependence on the Twitter platform. Trump's campaign also made a $5 million deal with Twitter before the election, in which the campaign committed "to spending a certain amount on advertising and in exchange receive discounts, perks, and custom solutions," the campaign's director of digital advertising and fund raising, Gary Coby, wrote in a Medium post last month. So the campaign objected when the company refused to allow the anti-Clinton emoji. Coby wrote that Dorsey personally intervened to block the Trump operation from deploying the emoji, which would have shown, in various renderings, small bags of money being given away or stolen. That emoji would have been offered to users as a replacement for the hashtag #CrookedHillary, a preferred Trump insult for his Democratic opponent. Spicer also objected to the company's refusal, telling the Washington Examiner in October that "while Twitter claims to be a venue that promotes the free exchange of ideas, it's clear that it's leadership's left wing ideology literally trumps that." POLITICO's source said Spicer, who's also the Republican National Committee spokesman, was the one who made the call to refuse an invitation to Dorsey or other Twitter executives to Wednesday's meeting.
Some of us were worried that Trump was going to be petty, and seek revenge against those who he felt wronged him in the past, especially during the campaign.
Whew, sure glad to see that's not the case!
Palaces, barricades, threats, meet promises
I'm getting to really like this guy Trump. Every time he opens his mouth, the progtards start waving their hankies and screaming, "Faaaaacist!!".
I am compelled to point out that you misspelled "Faaaaascist".
Just sayin'.
People who say "sheeple" have about as much sophistication as an AOL user, and in fact are probably actually AOL users.
What happened with 'draining the swamp' ? Well, no one bothered to ask what he was going to replace that swamp water with after he was done with the draining part. That it could turn out to be hydrochloric acid or some equally toxic substance like 'Essence Of Vindicate' shouldn't really be surprising to anyone except those who forgot to ask this critical follow-up question.
No, Disneyland has Goofy, Pluto, Mickey and a host of other stupid characters, Trump Tower just has an Oompa Loompa with tiny tiny hands.
Yeah, well Jack Dorsey doesn't need Trump anyways... He's currently listening to a band you probably never heard of while sipping a craft beer.
Sig. Sig. Sputnik
Trump: "I never said anything about draining a swamp!"
Everyone: "Whaaaaa... ?"
Trump: "I know more about draining swamps than anyone, and you can bet I'd turn it into the Sahara if I was going to do that! Nice place, the Sahara; you can get a real tan there, not like these New York City tans. And those Arabs... I'll tell you, nobody can deal with those Arabs like me!
blah....
blather...
blah.... ... and I'm telling you, we're going to drain that swamp!"
Everyone: ".... ffffffuuuuuuuccccckkkkkk..."
Log in or piss off.