The president appeared to the primary girl, 24 years his junior, for help after a query didn’t register.

President Donald Trump needed to lean on First Girl Melania to assist him perceive a reporter’s query whereas internet hosting tech leaders on the White Home. The primary couple hosted Silicon Valley giants, together with Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner, and Microsoft founder Invoice Gates, within the State Eating Room on Thursday night. Lacking from the desk was Tesla CEO and ex-Trump advisor Elon Musk, who stated he had been invited however “sadly couldn’t attend” and had dispatched a consultant in his stead. Trump, flanked by Zuckerberg on one aspect and Melania on the opposite, briefly fielded questions from the press within the room, together with one from a reporter standing throughout the desk who requested right into a microphone, “Do you propose to talk with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin within the close to future?”