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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will join an advisory team for President-elect Donald Trump, Trump’s transition office announced Wednesday.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi will also join the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum.
The transition team's announcement comes in advance of Trump’s Wednesday meeting with top tech leaders, including Musk, at Trump Tower.
Other key tech players expected to be at the meeting include Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg; Eric Schmidt and Larry Page of Alphabet, Google's parent company; and Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon who also owns The Washington Post. A representative from Uber will not be in attendance.
“I look forward to engaging with our incoming President and this group on issues that affect our riders, drivers and the 450+ cities where we operate,” Kalanick said in a statement.
Musk, Kalanick and Nooyi will join 13 other members of the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum who are expected to “meet with the President frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his economic agenda.”
The forum will be chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, the CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s largest private equity firms.
“America has the most innovative and vibrant companies in the world, and the pioneering CEOs joining this Forum today are at the top of their fields,” Trump said in a statement.
“My Administration is going to work together with the private sector to improve the business climate and make it attractive for firms to create new jobs across the United States from Silicon Valley to the heartland.”
http://thehill.com/policy/technology...-advisory-team
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2016-12-14, 11:14 PM #1Banned
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Trump names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to advisory team
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2016-12-14, 11:15 PM #2Banned
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>Uber CEO
The joke keeps going, i'm loving it.
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2016-12-14, 11:16 PM #3Deleted
Awesome.
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2016-12-14, 11:16 PM #4Old God
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They haven't named the McDonald's CEO to anything.....yet
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2016-12-14, 11:17 PM #5Legendary!
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Which businesses have you started? Originally Posted by Gilrak
You're getting exactly what you deserve.
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2016-12-14, 11:19 PM #6Epic!
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He'll probably reply Over 9000! Originally Posted by The One Percent
How to tell if somebody learned World Geography in school or from SNL:
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PALIN: They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."
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2016-12-14, 11:22 PM #7The Lightbringer
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This... actually doesn't seem like a completely terrible pick, huh.
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2016-12-14, 11:22 PM #8Banned
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You're going to get tired of winning. Originally Posted by Xyonai
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2016-12-14, 11:24 PM #9Bloodsail Admiral
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For once, that seems like a good move from him. not bad.jpg
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2016-12-14, 11:24 PM #10Banned
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He better do it. Originally Posted by Captain N
I dunno Originally Posted by The One Percent
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2016-12-14, 11:26 PM #11Dreadlord
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Kind of getting tired of all this winning
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2016-12-14, 11:27 PM #12Immortal
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Isn't American McDonalds not doing so well? Originally Posted by Captain N
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2016-12-14, 11:28 PM #13Pit Lord
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Elon Musk should be president.
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2016-12-14, 11:29 PM #14Banned
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Also to join are:
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick
Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg
Alphabet's Eric Schmidt
Alphabet's Larry Page
Amazon & Blue Origin founder, and WaPo owner Jeff Bezos
PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel, Technology Advisor
CEO and co-founder of Blackstone Stephen A. Schwarzman
Musk, Kalanick and Nooyi will join 13 other members of the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum who are expected to “meet with the President frequently to share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his economic agenda.”
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2016-12-14, 11:29 PM #15Banned
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Haha yeah, le epic winning kek Originally Posted by darklift
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2016-12-14, 11:31 PM #16Reforged Gone Wrong
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At least Elon Musk is a decent person who is trying to advance the human race without fucking over the planet. That said, I have no idea how much Trump would even listen to him, rather than trying to wank him around now that he's 'the boss'.
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2016-12-14, 11:32 PM #17Deleted
Isn't it pretty normal to have such an advisory team composed of business CEO's?
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2016-12-14, 11:33 PM #18The Lightbringer
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I mean, most of his other picks for cabinet and advisory positions range from 'Fuckin' why?' to 'Eh, I guess.' Originally Posted by lockedout
There are very few people he's picked so far that give me confidence, but I'm naive enough to keep positive about these things and earnestly believe that the man that was elected to lead our country isn't the Incompetent Saturday Morning Cartoon Villain that a lot of people are turning him into.
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2016-12-14, 11:34 PM #19The Undying
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Does this mean Elon Musk is now a member of the alt-right?
Or was he one all along? Hmm...
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2016-12-14, 11:35 PM #20DeletedHail Musk! Originally Posted by Kalis
Does this mean Elon Musk is now a member of the alt-right?
Or was he one all along? Hmm...
Hee-hee.
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