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[Global Network Report] According to the US Axios News Network, the memorial service of Charlie Kirk, a well-known American conservative activist and political ally of President Trump, was held at a stadium in Arizona on the 21st local time. Trump and American entrepreneur Musk were photographed shaking hands at the memorial service.

Trump and Musk shake hands.

Axios News Network said that Trump and Musk were once ¡°intimate allies¡± but later ¡°broke up.¡± A few months later, Musk and Trump were shot to hold hands on September 21 local time. Musk also shared on social platforms the same day the ¡°co-frame¡± picture of himself with Trump at the Kirk Memorial.

Musk shared a picture of his conversation with Trump on social media on Sunday.

Trump signed the ¡°big and beautiful¡± tax and spending bill in July, and Musk had previously criticized the bill. Trump believed Musk¡¯s dissatisfaction stems from the bill¡¯s proposal to cancel the tax credit for electric car consumers, which affected Musk¡¯s interests as the CEO of Tesla, the electric car maker. In addition, Trump also hinted that the government efficiency department could investigate subsidies to Musk to save federal government spending. Musk then replied, ¡°I said cut it off (subsidies) right now.¡±

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Trump hosts tech giant at White House, Musk is absent

On the evening of September 4th, local time, US President Trump hosted an unusual version of the "cabinet meeting" at the White House. This time, the meeting was not attended by government officials, but by CEOs of some of the most influential technology companies in the world.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google and parent company Alphabet CEO Sandal Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and IBM Chairman and CEO Alvin Krishna gathered together to talk about chip manufacturing, artificial intelligence and investment in the United States.

The White House dinner that evening was originally planned to take place in the newly renovated Rose Garden, but was temporarily moved to the restaurant because of the rain. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump sat down at the middle of the long table, surrounded by tech executives and government officials, including David Sacks, head of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency affairs, and Chief of Staff Susie Wells. Trump said at the opening: ¡°Here is a gathering of the smartest people, undoubtedly a high-intelligence group.¡±

At the meeting, Altman openly thanked Trump for his "pro-business" and "innovation", saying that this attribute will lead the United States to continue to lead the world for a long time.

Cook announced Apple¡¯s plans to invest $600 billion in the U.S. and thanked Trump for creating a heavy-business atmosphere that allowed Apple to make significant investments in the U.S. and carry out some key manufacturing here.

Trump, on the other hand, mentioned a major hurdle facing tech companies ¡ª getting enough power for AI data centers ¡ª he stressed that the government is working to reduce the hurdles on power access and licensing.

During the exchanges, Trump was clearly more concerned about the number of investments in the company. After asking one by one about the size of the investments of the CEOs attending the meeting, he said: ¡°Good, very good.¡±

According to the Associated Press, Melania Trump hosted the "White House Artificial Intelligence Education Task Force" round table earlier that day, and some dinner guests also participated in it. She said at the meeting: "Robots have come. Our future is no longer science fiction. As leaders and parents, we must manage the development of AI responsibly. At this primary stage, we have the obligation to treat AI like our own children-empowerment, but with close guidance."

In Trump¡¯s view, these high-tech investments are the key driving force for the U.S. economy, which is taking our country to a new level.¡±

It is worth noting that Tesla CEO Elon Musk was absent from this grand event. Musk was once a close ally of Trump and was appointed head of the "Department of Government Efficiency," but the two publicly broke up earlier this year.

Musk said on the social platform X that he was invited, but regretted not being able to attend, and said that he would send representatives to attend. In a recent interview with the media, Trump commented that Musk is a "good person", "80% are super geniuses, and the other 20% have some problems".

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Photos)

Trump¡¯s close interaction with tech giants has sparked controversy within the Republican Party. His ally, Senator Josh Holly, criticized the lack of regulation of artificial intelligence at a conservative meeting in Washington on the same day and accused Meta and ChatGPT of calling on the government to ¡°examine all these cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems.¡±