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."
I never bought the JFK conspiracy theories, but if I did, this is exactly what they would look like.
The Establishment is playing with fire. The people are trying to have a Revolution without bloodshed. This may be the last chance for that.
Even a media organ like the one Pinch runs?
Don’t agree with your analysis.
can’t do logos but ASSLE works for me.
Simon bar.sinister there should realize it’s not trump It’s the people who support him
Very interesting.
None of these Silicon Valley CEOs would EVER vote for a Republican.
The ARE very very smart.
I read this as the GOP-e is trying to cut a deal.
“Give us $$$ to take out Trump and we will back you on H1b”
The problem is Silicon Valley knows they have it all if Trump is gone.
Rove-Co is being played as a sucker.
ping.
They need a few more billion in their pockets and they know the party that will give it to them. Don’t be surprised when we are all required to buy Obamafacebook, Obamateslas, and Obamaiphones.
You think Cook is going to go against the government with his encryption? HA. As if they aren’t giving everything Obama wants already like he did to the Chinese. The whole “terrorist iphone” thing is such a transparent joke.
The more I see of the people who hate Trump, the more I like him.
Having said that, Go Cruz!
And yes, if I can’t have Cruz, I will vote Trump.
5.56mm
Absolutely.
“Even a media organ like the one Pinch runs?”
Do you want a ministry of truth?
I think we are better off with “I disagree with everything you say but will defend your right to say it”.
Do you think Rove is stupid?
“None of these Silicon Valley CEOs would EVER vote for a Republican.
The ARE very very smart.”
Being smart & amoral are not mutually exclusive.
Yes, sure. Cook is a Republican.
They are terrified because. they know Hillary will lose badly..very badly. When Trump gets through with her she will be shaking more than Bill.
Thanks for the kind welcome. It’s great to see there are plenty of like minded folks that recognize what our government is doing to us.
Where was Cruz?
Hillary supporters!
Dam right
The DC political are as real as Pro Wrestling ...backroom scripted... put on a big fake show for the rubes..then both sides backslap and laugh all the way to the bank after the show
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