Bill Gates but not Elon Musk invited to White House dinner for tech CEOs, 'WT***', says Twitter user, Elon Musk responds: I was ...

President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday, September 4. As big as the chatter about the CEOs of the biggest technology companies of America attending the dinner, was also the chatter of Tesla CEO's absence. The media was abuzz about the notable absence of Elon Musk, once a close ally of Trump who was tasked with running the Department of Government Efficiency, from the guest list. Musk had a public breakup with Donald Trump earlier this year. However, it seems Elon Musk was invited to the White House dinner. Tesla CEO confirmed the same in a post on Twitter. Responding to Twitter user Natalie F Danelishen, who is said to be a popular internet personality, Musk said that he was invited but could not attend and so sent a representative. Quoting a Twitter post about the White House dinner, Natalie F Danelishen wrote, "Bill Gates but not Elon Musk….wtf?". To this Elon Musk replied, "I was invited, but unfortunately could not attend. A representative of mine will be there."Responding to Musk's reply Natalie thanked White House with a heart emoji. "Happy to hear you were invited ❤️ Thanks @WhiteHouse," she wrote.

More than two dozen major tech leaders, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Google founder Sergey Brin and Oracle CEO Safra Catz.

Donald Trump says Elon Musk has no choice but to return to GOP

Talking about Elon Musk, Trump recently said that his former ally, Elon Musk, has "no choice" but to return to the Republican Party, despite their highly public and bitter feud earlier this year. Speaking on the Scott Jennings Show in an interview recorded Tuesday, Trump framed Musk’s political future as a binary decision between the GOP and "radical left lunatics."The President's comments came after a public and acrimonious split between the two influential figures, which included social media insults and threats of government contract terminations. The rift appears to have started over Musk's opposition to a tax bill that he claimed would increase the deficit, though the legislation also ended tax credits for electric vehicles that benefited his company, Tesla.Despite the past friction, Trump largely offered compliments to the tech billionaire, describing him as a "good man" and downplaying their disagreements. "He got off the reservation, incorrectly, and that's okay," Trump said of the Tesla CEO. "He’s 80% super genius, and then 20% he’s got some problems. And when he works out the 20% he’ll be great, but he’s got some difficulty."Musk, who has previously floated the idea of creating a third political party, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.