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Zuckerberg, Altman and other tech leaders attend Trump-Xi state dinner

President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at a White House state dinner on Thursday, according to The Hill. The guest list included Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, alongside other prominent business leaders.

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President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House for a state dinner on Thursday, The Hill reported.

The guest list included Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The Hill described the gathering as including technology billionaires and other powerful business leaders.

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The Hill — Zuckerberg, Altman, other Big Tech moguls among attendees at Trump-Xi dinner