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Donald Trump To Tech Leaders: 'No Formal Chain Of Command' Here (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the meeting-the-president-elect dept.

A confab of tech titans had a "productive" meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Wednesday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told CNBC, as Trump moved to mend fences with Silicon Valley before taking office in January. Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Intel, Oracle, IBM, Cisco and Tesla were among the C-suite executives in attendance, with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk expected to get private briefings, according to transition staff. From the report: "We want you to keep going with the incredible innovation," Trump said. "There's no one like you in the world. ... anything we can do to help this go along, we're going to be there for you. You can call my people, call me -- it makes no difference -- we have no formal chain of command around here." At the meeting, Trump introduced billionaire Wilbur Ross, his Commerce secretary pick, and Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn, his choice for director of the National Economic Council. "They're going to do fair trade deals," Trump said. "They're going to make it easier for you to trade across borders, because there are a lot of restrictions, a lot of problems. If you have any ideas on that, that would be great."

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  1. heck of a choice by nimbius · · Score: 5, Funny

    At the meeting, Trump introduced billionaire Wilbur Ross, his Commerce secretary pick, and Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn, his choice for director of the National Economic Council.

    i mean technically if you overfill a swamp with foetid detritus it will eventually matriculate into neighbourhoods, roads, schools, hospitals, and occasionally even an intended estuary or two. lets just give him a chance and see if he works out.

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    1. Re:heck of a choice by Merk42 · · Score: 5, Funny

      lets just give him a chance and see if he works out.

      If and when he fails, we can always blame Obama!

    2. Re:heck of a choice by MachineShedFred · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why not? There's still people around here blaming Bush...

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    3. Re:heck of a choice by DickBreath · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sir, you are behind the times. If Trump fails, the thing to do is bring up Hillary's emails.

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  2. So jealous by tsa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man I'm so jealous at you Americans. Ever since Trump will most probably be president you live in a fairy-tale paradise! Everything will be better! It's amazing! He's the best president in the world.

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  3. Re: "Just call me, we have no chain of command" by TheSync · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Whitehouse switch board is notorious for blocking everyone who isn't scheduled. I don't see Trump ever getting an unscheduled phone call.

    That's OK, you can always tweet him...

  4. Dell by ISoldat53 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shows you how far Dell has fallen when he isn't even invited to the kiddie table.