Some nice photos - President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host business and technology leaders for a dinner in State Dining Room at the White House

Flickr ^ | 9/4/2025 | The White House

[Liz]

And quite the table it is: I counted 32 attendees.

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A convivial group to be sure.

[llevrok]

Poor bill gates, couldn’t get a date.

That's because the word on Tinder is where the name "Microsoft" came from (an old joke)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer! ;)

[SmokingJoe]

Nice pics apart from Gates.

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