Posted on 03/08/2016 9:32:02 AM PST by dennisw
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends secret meeting with tech and government elite to plot end to Trump presidential run
Technology industry leaders including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google co-founder Larry Page and Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk met with top GOP representatives at the secretive American Enterprise Institute's annual World Forum this past weekend to discuss how to halt Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a report said Monday.
According to sources familiar with the meeting, elite U.S. figures representing a swath of corporate, private and political interests attended the conference hosted at the Sea Island resort off the coast of Georgia, an event closed to the public and media, The Huffington Post reports. While other issues were discussed, the main talking point was Trump's bid for the White House.
The supposed guest list reads as a who's who of tech and government. Along with Cook, Page, Musk and Napster creator Sean Parker, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was reportedly on site with House Speaker Paul Ryan, a gaggle of Republican senators and at least one democrat in Maryland Rep. John Delaney. Prominent policy analyst Karl Rove, Deputy Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush, was also present.
The private sector was represented by billionaire Philip Anschutz and The New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, among others.
"A specter was haunting the World Forumthe specter of Donald Trump," political commentator Bill Kristol wrote in an email from the conference, referencing Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto. "There was much unhappiness about his emergence, a good deal of talk, some of it insightful and thoughtful, about why he's done so well, and many expressions of hope that he would be defeated."
Trump infamously called called for a boycott on Apple products in February, a response to the company's resistance against helping FBI agents unlock an iPhone linked to last year's San Bernardino massacre.
The broader encryption debate was also a topic on discussion at the secretive confab, as the report claims Cook sparred with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who serves on the Senate Committee on Armed Services and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
"Cotton was pretty harsh on Cook," a source said. "Everyone was a little uncomfortable about how hostile Cotton was."
These same elites own the company(ies) that make the electronic voting machines in much of the country.
Do you think they’ll lose?
f....t
I know it’s hard for you to think, but they can hate two candidates, just one less.
try harder next time
Its not too late to repudiate schlock merchant Tim Cook
This is a republic, not a democracy. When the crony capitalists get together and conspire against free elections, it is wrong. It is wrong to slander, to lie,to distort, to commit fraud. What they are doing may or may not be legal, but it is still morally wrong.
I thought Liberals wanted all the Money out of Politics.
They are just begging people to Vote for Trump.
Trump for President.
If Trump were to repatriate the $$$$ AAPL has overseas at a reasonable rate, AAPL shareholders would benefit.
To read the list a little better:
Apple CEO Tim Cook,
Google co-founder Larry Page
Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk met
Napster creator Sean Parker,
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
House Speaker Paul Ryan,
Maryland Rep. John Delaney.
Karl Rove,
billionaire Philip Anschutz
The New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger,
political commentator Bill Kristol
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.),
AMONG OTHERS.....
who may also be REPUBLICAN TRADERS and who want to control what the WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT - “we be damned”
Takin’ names, I am. Surprised to see Tom Cotton there..unless his purpose was solely to discuss encryption/Apple.
The rest of them can talk the proverbial long walk.
Get back to me when the elites conduct a secret meeting like this, run +$100 million of negative ads, and roll out former party ‘leaders’ to try and stop Cruz...jackass.
This is what makes ALL Trump supporters more determined than ever to vote and spread the word to others to vote...Trump...
by the way...Your tag line...NO WAY will they run together...too many bad words from Cruz...he has been really nasty and every day he gets worst...
I supported Ted in the beginning, but did not take me long to realize he was just another PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN in love with himself...
Pray daily for America and for Donald Trumps safety.
It’s their money and their opinions.
They should be free to pursue them. We might believe their political aims might be evil and destructive, but they should be free to pursue them, even in a representative democracy.
No no, Tom Cotton was not there. They were complaining about him because he supported getting into that iPhone.
Anyone get the feeling that the only thing left for average Americans to do is to resort to, um,...less than legal actions to even the playing field?
I say that in all seriousness. I am in no way recommending it. I am just asking if anyone else feels like the ballot box is no where near as sacred as it used to be because mass media and the mogols who run it all are so decidedly against the will of Americans.
Rush talking about this but ignoring the cruser’s wife’s open borders from south to north! I would think that’s a more important issue and shows absolutely that cruz is an open borders advocate!
They hate both. They just figure that they need first to take out D. Trump (who has by far more popular) before going after T. Cruz.
Now we know who is part of the illuminati. I Will be voting this November because too much is at stake here after the presidential election of 2016 I’m out of the Republican Party!!!
Wait—upon rereading I guess he was there. At first read it sounded to me that they were discussing a meeting that took place someplace else.
WELCOME TO FREE REPUBLIC..in case you were not previously.
Like you, I also will become an Independent..I’ve already informed the GOP and RNC, organizations that I once supported,but certainly do not any longer...
again...Welcome..
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