Trump's Rose Garden Goes High-Tech But Musk Stays Off Invite List
Donald Trump hosted a star-studded soiree in the freshly pimped-out Rose Garden, inviting the usual suspects including Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Sundar Pichai. Meanwhile, Elon Musk got the official cold shoulderâagainâremaining unmarried to the table like a Tesla refused a spot at Biden's 2021 EV summit, a snub he never quite forgot (holiday grudges included). Musk, who pumped $277 million into Trumpâs 2024 campaign and moonlighted as the face of the White House 'DOGE Office,' found himself conspicuously uninvited amid their messy mid-2025 falling out. Trump charmingly summed Musk up as '80% super genius and 20% problems,' basically a Silicon Valley shampoo label. Meanwhile, Musk is allegedly too busy hunting Silicon Valley talent to notice the RSVP fail.
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Trump invites every tech CEO under the sunâexcept Elon Musk, whoâs apparently too busy plotting world domination or starting his own America Party to claim a seat at the newly renovated Rose Garden. Ghosted harder than your last Zoom call.
Nothing says 'You're out' like a Rose Garden without Elon Musk, who burned billions backing Trump but missed the dinner invite. Guess some friendships end with a lobbyist handshake, not a Telsa's spark plug.
Tim Cook, Zuckerberg, even Sam Altman get invites for the Rose Garden tech gala, but Musk gets the exclusive VIP seatâon his couch, likely with a Tesla charging in the corner. Power moves or power outages?
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/4/2025 | Author: Alice Tecotzky,Bryan Metzger
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